Introduction

The GFSD model [1] has been implemented in a commercial CFD code for simulating auto-ignition and combustion in DI Diesel engines. This model requires data from one-dimensional laminar diffusion flames to account for complex chemistry effects.

Objectives

The objective of this project was to develop a set of tools to incorporate data from the 1D laminar flame code Chem1D [2] into 3D DI Diesel combustion simulations.

Software development

The tools developed have the following characteristics:

• User interface to set-up the laminar flame calculations
• Wrapper script to interface the laminar flame data with the 3D CFD code
• Languages: mainly Fortran 77/95 programs interfaced with shell scripts

References

1. F.A. Tap and D. Veynante, Proc. Combust. Inst. 30:919-926 (2005).
2. http://www.combustion.tue.nl