Publications
Experimental and numerical analysis of nitric oxide effect on the ignition of iso-octane in a single cylinder HCCI engine Vrije Universiteit Brussel
CFD simulations using the TDAC method to model iso-octane combustion for a large range of ozone seeding and temperature conditions in a single cylinder HCCI engine Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Ab initio study on the six lowest energy conformers of iso-octane: conformational stability, barriers to internal rotation, natural bond orbital and first-order hyperpolarizability analyses, UV and NMR predictions, spectral temperature sensitivity, and s University of Antwerp
CFD simulations of Rapid Compression Machines using detailed chemistry Vrije Universiteit Brussel
In Rapid Compression Machines (RCM), several phenomena can induce inhomogeneities inside the reaction chamber. The benefits of using a creviced piston have been largely demonstrated through good agreement with the widely used adiabatic core assumption. Still, temperature inhomogeneities due to wall heat transfer cannot be avoided. These induce spatial variations in terms of chemical composition, potentially affecting the auto-ignition ...
CFD simulations of Rapid Compression Machines using detailed chemistry Vrije Universiteit Brussel
The use of creviced pistons in Rapid Compression Machines (RCMs) has proven to be very efficient in making the temperature homogeneous inside the reaction chamber but has the disadvantage of inducing an unintended mass transfer from the reaction chamber to the crevice, especially during the preliminary heat release of two-stage ignition processes. Aiming to mitigate this mass transfer, the technique of ‘crevice containment’ (CC) has been ...