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http://dx.doi.org/10.7316/KHNES.2012.23.2.162

The Research about Free Piston Linear Engine Fueled with Hydrogen using Numerical Analysis  

Nguyen, Ba Hung (Graduate of Mechanical and Automotive Engineering, University of Ulsan)
Oh, Yong-Il (Graduate of Mechanical and Automotive Engineering, University of Ulsan)
Lim, Ock-Taeck (Department of Mechanical and Automotive Engineering, University of Ulsan)
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Transactions of the Korean hydrogen and new energy society / v.23, no.2, 2012 , pp. 162-172 More about this Journal
Abstract
This paper presents a research about free piston linear engine (FPLE) fueled with hydrogen, in which, the numerical models are built to simulate the operation during the full stroke of the engine. Dynamic model, linear alternator model and thermodynamic model are used as the numerical models to predict piston velocity, in-cylinder pressure and electric power of FPLE. The spark timing and air gap length are changed to provide information for the prediction. Beside, the heat transfer problem is also investigated in the paper. The results of research are divided by two parts, including motoring mode and firing mode. The result of motoring mode showed that there is validation between simulation and experiment for volume and pressure in cylinder. For firing mode, by increasing spark timing, the velocity of piston, peak pressure and electric power also increase respectively. Beside, when increasing air gap length, the electric power increases accordingly while the motion of piston is not symmetric. The effect of heat transfer also observed clearly by reducing of the peak pressure, velocity of piston and electric power.
Keywords
Free piston; Linear engine; Hydrogen; Linear generator;
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