<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>The diesel engine is an indispensable part of technology and it is commonly used in land and marine vehicles. However, diesel engines release NO<sub>x</sub> emissions due to high combustion temperatures. They have harmful effects on the environment such as sources of photo-chemical fog and climate changes. Therefore, they must be reduced and limited. The Miller cycle application is a NOx control method and it is popular in the recent years to abate NOx produced from the internal combustion engines (ICEs). A performance investigation of a Dual-Miller cycle (DMC) engine in terms of power (PO), power density (PD) and effective efficiency (EE) has been performed using a new finite-time thermodynamics modeling (FTTM) in this study. The effects of engine design and operating parameters on the engine performance (EPER) have been examined. Additionally, the energy losses have been determined resulting from incomplete combustion (IC), friction (FR), heat transfer (HT) and exhaust output (EO). The results presented could be an essential tool for DMC marine engine designers.</p></abstract>

The diesel engine is an indispensable part of technology and it is commonly used in land and marine vehicles. However, diesel engines release NOx emissions due to high combustion temperatures. They have harmful effects on the environment such as sources of photo-chemical fog and climate changes. Therefore, they must be reduced and limited. The Miller cycle application is a NOx control method and it is popular in the recent years to abate NOx produced from the internal combustion engines (ICEs). A performance investigation of a Dual-Miller cycle (DMC) engine in terms of power (PO), power density (PD) and effective efficiency (EE) has been performed using a new finite-time thermodynamics modeling (FTTM) in this study. The effects of engine design and operating parameters on the engine performance (EPER) have been examined. Additionally, the energy losses have been determined resulting from incomplete combustion (IC), friction (FR), heat transfer (HT) and exhaust output (EO). The results presented could be an essential tool for DMC marine engine designers.

An Optimization Study on an Eco-Friendly Engine Cycle Named as Dual-Miller Cycle (DMC) for Marine Vehicles

Polish Maritime Research

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The diesel engine is an indispensable part of technology and it is commonly used in land and marine vehicles. However, diesel engines release NOx emissions due...

An Optimization Study on an Eco-Friendly Engine Cycle Named as Dual-Miller Cycle (DMC) for Marine Vehicles

Online veröffentlicht: 11. Okt. 2017

Seitenbereich: 86 - 98

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/pomr-2017-0093

Schlüsselwörter
Dual-Miller cycle engine, Engine performance, Power density, Finite-time thermodynamics

© 2017 Guven Gonca, published by De Gruyter Open

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

An Optimization Study on an Eco-Friendly Engine Cycle Named as Dual-Miller Cycle (DMC) for Marine Vehicles

Online veröffentlicht: 11. Okt. 2017

Seitenbereich: 86 - 98

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/pomr-2017-0093

SchlüsselwörterDual-Miller cycle engine, Engine performance, Power density, Finite-time thermodynamics

© 2017 Guven Gonca, published by De Gruyter Open

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Schlüsselwörter
Dual-Miller cycle engine, Engine performance, Power density, Finite-time thermodynamics