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Re: Head flow and flame propegation issues in turbocharged cars Fri, 29 October 2004 14:25 Go to previous messageGo to previous message
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in the squish area the gases get a high rate of compression just as the piston reaches TDC ... this results in these gases being at _higher_ pressure than the rest of the combustion chamber, and as a result, sort of spray out into the rest of the chamber...

...This high rate of compression will also cause a large temperature rise in the gas...

...have to remember that ignition occurred a while ago relative to the squish (sayy 20 deg BTDC), the the flame front is already propogating away from the spark plug. the 'squished gas' is squirted toward the flame front, and causes tumbling and turbulence and mixing of burning and unburnt gas... resulting in a much smoother burn...
Does this mean that squish areas near the spark plug (for example) will cause higher levels of NOx emissions - due to the increased peak temperature at the flame front (this increased flame front temperature provides energy of activation, or merely changes the equillibrium? I haven't done any chemistry since year 12!!!). What would happen to the overall temperature of process - I'm guessing it would be more complete combustion, meaning a higher level of chemical energy would be changed into heat/kinetic energy? ie hotter (although more efficient)?
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