Numerical modelling of fuel spray formation and collapse from multi-hole injectors under flash-boiling conditions
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Author(s)
Price, Christopher
Hamzehloo, Arash
Aleiferis, P
Richardson, David
Type
Journal Article
Abstract
Flash-boiling of fuel sprays can occur when the fuel enters a metastable superheated state, which is common in direct-injection spark-ignition engines operating at low in-cylinder pressures and/or hot fuel temperatures. The effect of flash-boiling on the resultant spray formation can be both detrimental and advantageous to engine operation, hence numerical modelling capability is essential in future engine optimisation and design. A recently-developed new model by the current authors that can be applied as zero-dimensional boundary condition for multi-hole flash-boiling fuel spray predictions was investigated over a wide range of injection systems, focusing on the model’s ability to quantify in-nozzle phase change effects and automatically predict important global spray characteristics such as spray collapse, droplet recirculation and plume merging within a Lagrangian particle tracking framework. Mesh-type sensitivity was highlighted using a uniform Cartesian and a non-uniform polyhedral mesh. The model was also normalised through a dimensionless parameter for a wide range of single component fuels. The model was validated both qualitatively and, where possible, quantitatively against experimental data. The model’s ability to deal with a wide range of injection configurations and operating conditions was confirmed and a number of limitations are highlighted and discussed with respect to future work.
Date Issued
2018-06-01
Date Acceptance
2018-01-23
Citation
Fuel, 2018, 221 (1), pp.518-541
ISSN
0016-2361
Publisher
Elsevier
Start Page
518
End Page
541
Journal / Book Title
Fuel
Volume
221
Issue
1
Copyright Statement
© 2018 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. This manuscript is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
Sponsor
Jaguar Land Rover Limited
Engineering & Physical Science Research Council (E
Identifier
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S001623611830098X
Grant Number
see further info
EP/M009424/1 - R1696
Subjects
0306 Physical Chemistry (incl. Structural)
0904 Chemical Engineering
0913 Mechanical Engineering
Energy
Publication Status
Published
Date Publish Online
2018-04-02