An efficient IC engine conjugate heat transfer calculation for cooling system design

Document Type

Conference Proceeding

Publication Date

4-16-2007

Department

Department of Mechanical Engineering-Engineering Mechanics

Abstract

This study focuses on how to predict hot spots of one of the cylinders of a V8 5.4 L FORD engine running at full load. The KIVA code with conjugate heat transfer capability to simulate the fast transient heat transfer process between the gas and the solid phases has been developed at the Michigan Technological University and will be used in this study. Liquid coolant flow was simulated using FLUENT and will be used as a boundary condition to account for the heat loss to the cooling fluid. In the first step of calculation, the coupling between the gas and the solid phases will be solved using the KIVA code. A 3D transient wall heat flux at the gas-solid interface is then compiled and used along with the heat loss information from the FLUENT data to obtain the temperature distribution for the engine metal components, such as cylinder wall, cylinder head, etc.

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Copyright © 2007 SAE International. Publisher’s version of record: https://doi.org/10.4271/2007-01-0147

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SAE Technical Papers

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