Numerical Modeling and Experimental Investigations of EGR Cooler Fouling in a Diesel Engine
Journal
& Paper No.:
SAE-2009-01-1506
Authors:
Mehdi Abarham, John Hoard and Dennis Assanis University of Michigan, W.E. Lay Automotive Laboratory
Dan Styles, Eric W. Curtis and Nitia Ramesh Ford Motor Company
C. Scott Sluder and John M. E. Storey Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Abstract:
EGR coolers are mainly used on diesel engines to
reduce intake charge temperature and thus reduce
emissions of NOx and PM. Soot and hydrocarbon
deposition in the EGR cooler reduces heat transfer
efficiency of the cooler and increases emissions and
pressure drop across the cooler. They may also be
acidic and corrosive. Fouling has been always treated as
an approximate factor in heat exchanger designs and it
has not been modeled in detail. The aim of this paper is
to look into fouling formation in an EGR cooler of a
diesel engine. A 1-D model is developed to predict and
calculate EGR cooler fouling amount and distribution
across a concentric tube heat exchanger with a constant
wall temperature. The model is compared to an
experiment that is designed for correlation of the model.
Effectiveness, mass deposition, and pressure drop are
the parameters that have been compared. The results of
the model are in a good agreement with the
experimental data.
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