Analysis of Combustion Characteristics of a Small 2-Stroke Opposed Piston Engine Using an Optically Accessible Engine and Numerical Analysis

2025-01-0223

To be published on 06/16/2025

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KSAE/SAE 2025 Powertrain, Energy & Lubricants Conference & Exhibition
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As global warming becomes more serious, decarbonization of internal combustion engines, which emit a large amount of carbon dioxide, is being promoted. It is predicted that many vehicles will still be equipped with engines in 2035, and a variety of powertrains will be required in the future. Therefore, we focused on the opposed-piston engine as an internal combustion engine specialized for power generation applications. The opposed-piston engine is characterized by its light weight due to the absence of a cylinder head, low S/V ratio due to the ultra-long stroke, reduced cooling loss due to the long stroke, and reduced vibration due to the offsetting of the reciprocating inertial forces of the left and right pistons. We believe that the engine for power generation can achieve the required high efficiency operation and vibration reduction. Therefore, in this study, combustion analysis of a two-stroke opposed-piston engine with features of low vibration, high efficiency, and high output was conducted using numerical analysis to solve the vibration problem, which is a demerit of engines for power generation, and to further improve thermal efficiency. In this study, a prototype opposed-piston engine with a displacement of 126.6 [cc] was built and used as an experimental device, but it is difficult to visualize the inside of a cylinder of an opposed-piston engine. Therefore, an experiment was conducted using a 63.3[cc] an optically accessible single-cylinder engine with the same bore and half the displacement and stroke, and the results were compared with the numerical analysis results of the an optically accessible single-cylinder engine, and the validity of the numerical analysis was confirmed. Therefore, we considered that the combustion analysis of an opposed-piston engine was also valid, and we conducted a combustion analysis of an opposed-piston engine using CONVERGE.
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Yamazaki, Y., Iijima, A., Liu, J., Otaki, Y. et al., "Analysis of Combustion Characteristics of a Small 2-Stroke Opposed Piston Engine Using an Optically Accessible Engine and Numerical Analysis," SAE Technical Paper 2025-01-0223, 2025, .
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To be published on Jun 16, 2025
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2025-01-0223
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Technical Paper
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English