Non-adiabatic pressure loss boundary condition for modelling turbocharger turbine pulsating flow
Author(s)
Chiong, MS
Rajoo, S
Romagnoli, A
Costall, AW
Martinez-Botas, RF
Type
Journal Article
Abstract
This paper presents a simplified methodology of pulse flow turbine modelling, as an alternative over the meanline integrated methodology outlined in previous work, in order to make its application to engine cycle simulation codes much more straight forward. This is enabled through the development of a bespoke non-adiabatic pressure loss boundary to represent the turbine rotor. In this paper, turbocharger turbine pulse flow performance predictions are presented along with a comparison of computation duration against the previously established integrated meanline method. Plots of prediction deviation indicate that the mass flow rate and actual power predictions from both methods are highly comparable and are reasonably close to experimental data. However, the new boundary condition required significantly lower computational time and rotor geometrical inputs. In addition, the pressure wave propagation in this simplified unsteady turbine model at different pulse frequencies has also been found to be in agreement with data from the literature, thereby supporting the confidence in its ability to simulate the wave action encountered in turbine pulse flow operation.
Date Issued
2015-03-15
Date Acceptance
2014-12-20
Citation
Energy Conversion and Management, 2015, 93 (1), pp.267-281
ISSN
0196-8904
Publisher
Elsevier
Start Page
267
End Page
281
Journal / Book Title
Energy Conversion and Management
Volume
93
Issue
1
Copyright Statement
2015 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. Licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
Identifier
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Subjects
Science & Technology
Physical Sciences
Technology
Thermodynamics
Energy & Fuels
Mechanics
Turbocharger
Turbine
One-dimensional
Non-adiabatic pressure loss
Unsteady flow
Modelling
HEAT-FLUX ELEMENTS
DIESEL-ENGINE
PERFORMANCE
IMPROVEMENT
SIMULATION
INLET
Publication Status
Published
Date Publish Online
2015-01-30