Artículo
Numerical Simulation of a Wall-Flow Particulate Filter Made of Biomorphic Silicon Carbide Able to Fit Different Fuel/Biofuel Inputs
Autor/es | Orihuela Espina, María del Pilar
Haralampous, Onoufrios Chacartegui, Ricardo Torres-García, Miguel Martínez Fernández, Julián |
Departamento | Universidad de Sevilla. Departamento de Ingeniería Energética Universidad de Sevilla. Departamento de Física de la Materia Condensada |
Fecha de publicación | 2019-12 |
Fecha de depósito | 2020-07-10 |
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Resumen | To meet the increasingly strict emission limits imposed by regulations, internal combustion
engines for transport applications require the urgent development of novel emission abatement
systems. The introduction of ... To meet the increasingly strict emission limits imposed by regulations, internal combustion engines for transport applications require the urgent development of novel emission abatement systems. The introduction of biodiesel or other biofuels in the engine operation is considered to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. However, these alternative fuels can affect the performance of the post-combustion systems due to the variability they introduce in the exhaust particle distribution and their particular physical properties. Bioceramic materials made from vegetal waste are characterized by having an orthotropic hierarchical microstructure, which can be tailored in some way to optimize the filtration mechanisms as a function of the particle distribution of the combustion gases. Consequently, they can be good candidates to cope with the variability that new biofuel blends introduce in the engine operation. The objective of this work is to predict the filtration performance of a wall-flow particulate filter (DPF) made of biomorphic silicon carbide (bioSiC) with a systematic procedure that allows to eventually fit different fuel inputs. For this purpose; a well-validated DPF model available as commercial software has been chosen and adapted to the specific microstructural features of bioSiC. Fitting the specific filtration and permeability parameters of this biomaterial into the model; the filtration efficiency and pressure drop of the filter are predicted with sufficient accuracy during the loading test. The results obtained through this study show the potential of this novel DPF substrate; the material/microstructural design of which can be adapted through the selection of an optimum precursor. |
Agencias financiadoras | Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad (MINECO). España |
Identificador del proyecto | MAT2013-41233-R
BES-2014-069023 EEBB-I-17-12338 |
Cita | Orihuela Espina, M.d.P., Haralampous, O., Chacartegui, R., Torres-García, M. y Martínez Fernández, J. (2019). Numerical Simulation of a Wall-Flow Particulate Filter Made of Biomorphic Silicon Carbide Able to Fit Different Fuel/Biofuel Inputs. Processes, 7 (12), Article number 945. |
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