| EPSRC Reference: |
GR/S70203/01 |
| Title: |
Fundamental engine fuel studies at intermediate & high pressures & temperatures |
| Principal Investigator: |
Lawes, Dr M |
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| Department: |
Mechanical Engineering |
| Organisation: |
University of Leeds |
| Scheme: |
Standard Research (Pre-FEC) |
| Starts: |
01 July 2004 |
Ends: |
30 June 2007 |
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291,206
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Energy |
| Transport Systems and Vehicles |
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Growing concern about global warming, atmospheric pollution, and energy conservation have prompted far-reaching remedial measures. These cover the use of new fuels, new types of power unit and new modes of burning. Changes are likely to be evolutionary and the internal combustion engine will co-exist for some time with fuel cells and batteries. In the coming decades combustion will probably be of lean mixtures, burning in both deflagrative and autoignitive modes. Because of this and compatibility with fuel cells, a number of new fuels can be envisaged. The proposal embraces the lean combustion of some possible fuels, most in the deflagrative, but some in the autoignitive mode. Most previous fundamental combustion studies have only been able to obtain satisfactory data on flame structure and burning rates at pressures of a few atmospheres. Engines operate at high pressures, at which flame instabilities can become increasingly important. It therefore is proposed to develop a novel explosion bomb technique to enable measurements to be made up to about 40 atmospheres in the final stages of explosions. Optical access to the flames will enable their structures and burning mechanisms to be observed, while high speed photography will be used to determine laminar and turbulent burning velocities.
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http://www.leeds.ac.uk |