Code
3F005611
Duration
01 October 2011 → 30 September 2015
Funding
Regional and community funding: Special Research Fund, Research Foundation - Flanders (FWO)
Promotor
Fellow
Research disciplines
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Engineering and technology
- Automotive engineering
- Thermodynamics
Keywords
blends
alcohol
internal combustion engines
Project description
This work aims to develop blending laws for the laminar burning velocity of alcohol/gasoline blends, through experiments and chemical kinetic computations. The reaction scheme will be used to calculate ignition delay times to construct an auto-ignition sub-model, and blending laws for octane numbers. Both blending laws will then be implemented in an engine cycle code and validated against engine experiments.