Experimental research into the methods for controlling the thermal-mechanical characteristics of pulsating gas flows in the intake system of a turbocharged engine model

Abstract

It is a relevant objective in thermal physics and piston engine construction to develop technical solutions for controlling the gas dynamics and heat exchange of gas flows in the intake system of turbocharged engines in order to improve performance. The article presents other authors’ data on the improvement of processes in the gas exchange systems of piston engines. It also provides a description of experimental set-ups, instruments, measurement tools and research methods for establishing the thermal-mechanical characteristics of pulsating flows in the intake system of a turbocharged engine. The instantaneous values of the gas flow rate and the local heat transfer coefficient were determined using the measured results by applying a constant temperature hot-wire anemometer (H-WA). The article describes technical solutions for influencing the gas dynamics and heat exchange of gas flows by stabilising and turbulising the flow. The regularities of changes in the instantaneous values of the flow velocity, pressure and the local heat transfer coefficient in time for a pulsating gas flow with different intake system configurations are obtained. It is shown that the installation of a levelling grid in the compressor outlet channel leads to the stabilisation of the flow and the suppression of heat transfer in the engine intake system by an average of 15% compared to the base system. It was found that the presence of a channel with grooves in the intake system leads to flow turbulisation and the intensification of heat transfer in the intake system by an average of 25%.

Keywords

Reciprocating engine intake system turbocharger unsteady gas dynamics local heat transfer levelling grid grooves

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