Study of the Effect of Spark Advance, Engine Speed Variation and Number of Spark Plugs on Engine Performance Using CFD Software

  • Joshi Akhil R Department of Mechanical Engineering, JSPM RSCOE, Savitribai Phule Pune University, Pune 411033 Maharashtra India
  • Borse Sachin L College of Engineering, Shaqra University, Dawadimi, Saudi Arabia
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.36842/jomase.v48i1.170

Abstract

CFD Models have been extensively validated and used to predict the performance and emissions of spark ignition (SI) engines and compression ignition  CI  engines.  As opposed to experimental methods, numerical methods are often less expensive and faster. The present work is the numerical investigation of spark ignition SI  engines using open-source  Computational  Fluid  Dynamics (CFD)  tool  OpenFOAM.  The effect of spark advance,  engine speed variation and number of spark plugs on engine performance is studied with OpenFOAM module engineFOAM. The standard k-e turbulence model is used along with  Reynolds  Averaged Navier  Stokes  (RANS)  equations for simulating flow field and heat transfer. The cylinder geometry is created in ICEM CFD and converted to  Open FOAM.  The variation in pressure and temperature values in the cylinder with crank angle are plotted. Also contours for temperature distribution and reaction regress variable are plotted.

##Keywords:## Open FOAM, Spark Ignition Engine (SI), kivaTest, Engine Combustion.
Published
Oct 30, 2017
How to Cite
AKHIL R, Joshi; SACHIN L, Borse. Study of the Effect of Spark Advance, Engine Speed Variation and Number of Spark Plugs on Engine Performance Using CFD Software. Journal of Ocean, Mechanical and Aerospace -science and engineering-, [S.l.], v. 48, n. 1, p. 1-9, oct. 2017. ISSN 2527-6085. Available at: <https://isomase.org/Journals/index.php/jomase/article/view/170>. Date accessed: 01 may 2026. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.36842/jomase.v48i1.170.
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Vol 48 No 1 (2017): Journal of Ocean, Mechanical and Aerospace -science and engineering- (JOMAse)
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