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<article xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:ali="http://www.niso.org/schemas/ali/1.0/" article-type="research-article" dtd-version="1.2" xml:lang="en"><front><journal-meta><journal-id journal-id-type="publisher-id">Transactions of the St. Petersburg State Marine Technical University</journal-id><journal-title-group><journal-title xml:lang="en">Transactions of the St. Petersburg State Marine Technical University</journal-title><trans-title-group xml:lang="ru"><trans-title>Труды Санкт-Петербургского государственного морского технического университета</trans-title></trans-title-group></journal-title-group><issn publication-format="print">2414-1437</issn><publisher><publisher-name xml:lang="en">Saint Petersburg State Marine Technical University</publisher-name></publisher></journal-meta><article-meta><article-id pub-id-type="publisher-id">701929</article-id><article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.52899/24141437_2026_02_207</article-id><article-id pub-id-type="edn">NWRDUY</article-id><article-categories><subj-group subj-group-type="toc-heading" xml:lang="en"><subject>Energy and electrical engineering</subject></subj-group><subj-group subj-group-type="toc-heading" xml:lang="ru"><subject>Энергетика и электротехника</subject></subj-group><subj-group subj-group-type="article-type"><subject>Research Article</subject></subj-group></article-categories><title-group><article-title xml:lang="en">Numerical study of fuel combustion in a high-speed marine engine</article-title><trans-title-group xml:lang="ru"><trans-title>Численное исследование процесса сгорания топлива в судовом высокооборотном двигателе</trans-title></trans-title-group></title-group><contrib-group><contrib contrib-type="author"><contrib-id contrib-id-type="spin">2954-5133</contrib-id><name-alternatives><name xml:lang="en"><surname>Galiev</surname><given-names>Ildar R.</given-names></name><name xml:lang="ru"><surname>Галиев</surname><given-names>Ильдар Ринатович</given-names></name></name-alternatives><address><country country="RU">Russian Federation</country></address><bio xml:lang="en"><p>Cand. Sci. (Engineering), Assistant Professor at the Department of Ship Power Plants, Systems and Equipment</p></bio><bio xml:lang="ru"><p>канд. техн. наук, доцент, доцент кафедры судовых энергетических установок, систем и оборудования</p></bio><email>sbs777@yandex.ru</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1"/></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><contrib-id contrib-id-type="spin">6063-9641</contrib-id><name-alternatives><name xml:lang="en"><surname>Cherkaev</surname><given-names>Georgy V.</given-names></name><name xml:lang="ru"><surname>Черкаев</surname><given-names>Георгий Владимирович</given-names></name></name-alternatives><address><country country="RU">Russian Federation</country></address><bio xml:lang="en"><p>Cand. Sci. (Engineering), Assistant Professor, Head at the Department of Ship Power Plants, Systems and Equipment</p></bio><bio xml:lang="ru"><p>канд. техн. наук, доцент, заведующий кафедрой судовых энергетических установок, систем и оборудования</p></bio><email>gcherkaev@mail.ru</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1"/></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><name-alternatives><name xml:lang="en"><surname>Tran</surname><given-names>Huu Bac</given-names></name><name xml:lang="ru"><surname>Чан</surname><given-names>Хыу Бак</given-names></name></name-alternatives><address><country country="RU">Russian Federation</country></address><bio xml:lang="en"><p>Master’s Degree student at the Department of Ship Power Plants, Systems and Equipment</p></bio><bio xml:lang="ru"><p>магистрант кафедры судовых энергетических установок, систем и оборудования</p></bio><email>mullerbac@gmail.com</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1"/></contrib></contrib-group><aff-alternatives id="aff1"><aff><institution xml:lang="en">Saint Petersburg State Marine Technical University</institution></aff><aff><institution xml:lang="ru">Санкт-Петербургский государственный морской технический университет</institution></aff></aff-alternatives><pub-date date-type="pub" iso-8601-date="2026-06-26" publication-format="electronic"><day>26</day><month>06</month><year>2026</year></pub-date><volume>5</volume><issue>2</issue><issue-title xml:lang="en"/><issue-title xml:lang="ru"/><fpage>207</fpage><lpage>218</lpage><history><date date-type="received" iso-8601-date="2026-01-27"><day>27</day><month>01</month><year>2026</year></date><date date-type="accepted" iso-8601-date="2026-04-06"><day>06</day><month>04</month><year>2026</year></date></history><permissions><copyright-statement xml:lang="en">Copyright ©; 2026, Galiev I.R., Cherkaev G.V., Tran H.</copyright-statement><copyright-statement xml:lang="ru">Copyright ©; 2026, Галиев И.Р., Черкаев Г.В., Чан Х.</copyright-statement><copyright-year>2026</copyright-year><copyright-holder xml:lang="en">Galiev I.R., Cherkaev G.V., Tran H.</copyright-holder><copyright-holder xml:lang="ru">Галиев И.Р., Черкаев Г.В., Чан Х.</copyright-holder><ali:free_to_read xmlns:ali="http://www.niso.org/schemas/ali/1.0/"/><license><ali:license_ref xmlns:ali="http://www.niso.org/schemas/ali/1.0/">https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0</ali:license_ref></license></permissions><self-uri xlink:href="https://vietnamjournal.ru/2414-1437/article/view/701929">https://vietnamjournal.ru/2414-1437/article/view/701929</self-uri><abstract xml:lang="en"><p><bold>BACKGROUND:</bold> Studying the combustion process in marine gas piston engines is an important task, as it allows determining the optimal design and operating characteristics of the engine to ensure its efficiency, which helps reduce fuel consumption, improve natural gas combustion efficiency, and lower the concentration of pollutants in exhaust gases.</p> <p><bold>AIM:</bold> This study presents a numerical investigation of the combustion process of a methane-air mixture and examines the patterns of changes in the kinetics of chemical reactions and the characteristics of laminar flame in a high-speed marine engine.</p> <p><bold>METHODS:</bold> A numerical study of the combustion processes of a methane-air mixture was performed using the detailed kinetic mechanism GRI-Mech 3.0 and the conservation equations for mass, energy, and state, as well as the Arrhenius equation. The fuel-air ratio in the study varied from 0.7 to 1.3; the temperature of the methane-air mixture varied from 400 to 800 K; and the pressure in the combustion chamber varied from 1 to 10 MPa.</p> <p><bold>RESULTS:</bold> A methodology for numerically studying the fuel combustion process in a marine gas piston engine has been developed. Patterns of changes in chemical reaction kinetics, adiabatic flame temperature, laminar flame propagation velocity, and flame sensitivity with changes in the fuel-to-fuel ratio and thermodynamic characteristics of the engine's combustion chamber have been obtained.</p> <p><bold>CONCLUSIONS:</bold> It was established that the propagation velocity and adiabatic temperature of a methane-air flame depend on the excess air ratio, pressure, and temperature in the combustion chamber and reach maximum values at the stoichiometric composition of the mixture. An integrated analysis of reaction pathways showed that the excess air ratio affects the reaction pathway rather than the chemical mechanism at the flame front. Based on the sensitivity analysis of reactions occurring at the flame front, an abbreviated kinetic mechanism for methane combustion in a piston engine was proposed.</p></abstract><trans-abstract xml:lang="ru"><p><bold>Актуальность. </bold>Исследование процесса горения в судовых газопоршневых двигателях является актуальной задачей, поскольку позволяет определить оптимальные конструкционные и эксплуатационные характеристики двигателя, обеспечивающие эффективность его работы, что способствует снижению расхода топлива, повышению эффективности сжигания природного газа и снижению концентрации загрязняющих веществ в выхлопных газах.</p> <p><bold>Цель. </bold>Численное исследование процесса сгорания метановоздушной смеси, изучение закономерностей изменения кинетики химических реакций и характеристик ламинарного пламени в судовом высокооборотном двигателе.</p> <p><bold>Методы. </bold>Для численного исследования процессов горения метановоздушной смеси использовали детальный кинетический механизм GRI-Mech 3.0 и применяли уравнения сохранения массы, энергии, состояния и Аррениуса. Коэффициент избытка топлива в исследовании изменялся от 0,7 до 1,3, температура метановоздушной смеси — от 400 до 800 K, давление в камере сгорания — от 1 до 10 МПа.</p> <p><bold>Результаты.</bold> Разработана методика численного исследования процесса сгорания топлива в судовом газопоршневом двигателе. Получены закономерности изменения кинетики химических реакций, адиабатной температуры пламени, скорости распространения ламинарного пламени и его чувствительности при изменении коэффициента избытка топлива и термодинамических характеристик камеры сгорания двигателя.</p> <p><bold>Заключение.</bold> Установлено, что скорость распространения и адиабатная температура метановоздушного пламени зависят от коэффициента избытка топлива, давления и температуры в камере сгорания и достигают максимальных значений при стехиометрическом составе смеси. Интегральный анализ путей реакций показал, что коэффициент избытка топлива влияет на путь реакций, а не на химический механизм во фронте пламени. На основе анализа чувствительности реакций, протекающих во фронте пламени, был предложен сокращённый кинетический механизм горения метана в поршневом двигателе.</p></trans-abstract><kwd-group xml:lang="en"><kwd>methane-air mixture</kwd><kwd>flame propagation velocity</kwd><kwd>kinetic mechanism</kwd><kwd>CFD modeling</kwd><kwd>reaction pathway analysis</kwd><kwd>combustion</kwd><kwd>pressure</kwd></kwd-group><kwd-group xml:lang="ru"><kwd>метановоздушная смесь</kwd><kwd>скорость распространения пламени</kwd><kwd>кинетический механизм</kwd><kwd>CFD-моделирование</kwd><kwd>анализ путей реакций</kwd><kwd>горение</kwd><kwd>давление</kwd></kwd-group><funding-group/></article-meta></front><body></body><back><ref-list><ref id="B1"><label>1.</label><citation-alternatives><mixed-citation xml:lang="en">www.imo.org [Internet]. International code of safety for ships using gases or other lowflashpoint fuels (IGF Code) London: International Maritime Organization; [cited 2026 Apr 14]. 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