RADIADE - Radiation modeling and verification in marine diesel engines

The purpose of RADIADE was to improve the mathematical tools for characterization / understanding of heat transport from radiation in the combustion chamber in the large two-stroke diesel engines, and to make these available in practical CFD (Computational Fluid Dynamics) code. These tools contribute to the understanding and therefore the possibilities of reducing NOx and particulate formation in engines.
Measurement methods and mathematical tools for determining radiation from diesel combustion has been developed during the project, and these have been used to measure and simulate radiation and particulate and NOx formation from experimental flame setups, and combustion in a large two-stroke diesel engines.
In the future, it will be possible to determine the impact of radiation on emission formation and fuel consumption in engines much more accurately than before. The methods developed should be applied in future projects, which thus will ensure that the knowledge is used to benefit future design of the engines. Design of new engines with lower emissions is obviously an advantage to the society.