Date of Award
2012
Publication Type
Master Thesis
Degree Name
M.A.Sc.
Department
Mechanical, Automotive, and Materials Engineering
Keywords
Mechanical engineering.
Supervisor
Barron, Ronald (Mechanical, Automotive, and Materials Engineering)
Rights
info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0 International License.
Abstract
Computational fluid dynamics (CFD) is utilized in this study to investigate the spray characteristics of diesel and biodiesel fuels. To this end, an Eulerian-Lagrangian multiphase formulation has been used to simulate the spray processes. Fuel is injected into an initially quiescent constant volume chamber. The effect of fuel type, injection pressure and ambient pressure on the spray behaviour has been studied. Macroscopic spray parameters, such as penetration and cone angle, have been investigated, and microscopic features like Sauter mean diameter, local and temporal droplet size distribution have been evaluated to further understand the spray characteristics. Results are compared with experimental data available in the literature. In addition, the interaction characteristics of two merging sprays are studied. The effects of injection point distance and incidence angle on the merged spray penetration, cone angle and Sauter mean diameter have been investigated. Different injection setups have been evaluated and compared in terms of their entrainment qualities. Finally, air motion induced by the liquid dispersion inside the spray is analyzed and connected to the entrainment.
Recommended Citation
Ghasemi, Abbas, "NUMERICAL SIMULATION OF ULTRA-HIGH INJECTION DIESEL AND BIODIESEL FUEL SPRAYS" (2012). Electronic Theses and Dissertations. 189.
https://scholar.uwindsor.ca/etd/189