Towards the development of miniature scale liquid fuel combustors for power generation application—a review

V Sankar, S Sudarsanan, S Mukhopadhyay, P Selvaraj… - Energies, 2023 - mdpi.com
As the demand for powerful, light energy sources continues to grow, traditional
electrochemical batteries are no longer sufficient and combustion-based power generation …

Near-field spray characterization of a high-viscosity alternative jet fuel blend C-3 using a flow blurring injector

I Qavi, L Jiang, OS Akinyemi - Fuel, 2021 - Elsevier
Efficient and clean combustion of jet fuels highly relies on their spray characteristics. Prior
studies have shown that the flow blurring (FB) injector developed in the recent decade could …

Influence of liquid properties on atomization characteristics of flow-blurring injector at ultra-low flow rates

MA Khan, H Gadgil, S Kumar - Energy, 2019 - Elsevier
Atomization and efficient evaporation at extremely small flow rates is an additional challenge
for liquid fueled small-scale combustor and burner applications. In the present study …

Effect of the air-to-liquid mass ratio on the internal flow and near-field spray characteristics of a two-phase swirl burst injector

OS Akinyemi, I Qavi, CE Taylor, L Jiang - Journal of Aerosol Science, 2023 - Elsevier
Previous studies have demonstrated that the two-phase swirl burst (SB) injector incurred
ultra-fast and fine atomization, rather than a breaking jet core/film of conventional air …

Optical characterization of near-field sprays for various alternative and conventional jet fuels using a flow-blurring injector

I Qavi, L Jiang - Flow, Turbulence and Combustion, 2022 - Springer
Jet fuels with various properties are desirable for different operational or environmental
advantages, necessitating fuel-flexible technology. For example, JP-5 (A-3) and alternative …

Effect of varying internal geometry on the near-field spray characteristics of a swirl burst injector

MN Nasim, I Qavi, L Jiang - Flow, Turbulence and Combustion, 2023 - Springer
Clean and efficient combustion of liquid fuels depends on spray fineness that aids fast fuel
vaporization and better fuel–air mixing. Swirl-burst (SB) atomizers generate fine droplets at …

Effects of fluid properties on spray characteristics of a flow-blurring atomizer

BT Fisher, MR Weismiller… - … of Engineering for …, 2018 - asmedigitalcollection.asme.org
In order to understand the reasons for the apparent benefits of using a flow-blurring (FB)
atomizer in a combustion system, it is necessary to first examine fundamental spray …

Development and combustion characterization of a novel twin-fluid fuel injector in a swirl-stabilized gas turbine burner operating on straight vegetable oil

OS Akinyemi, L Jiang - Experimental Thermal and Fluid Science, 2019 - Elsevier
Prior studies have indicated that the flow blurring (FB) injection generates fine sprays, hence
clean and premixed combustion of fuels with a wide range of viscosity, though the increase …

Dynamic characteristics of the cavitation clouds of submerged Helmholtz self-sustained oscillation jets from high-speed photography

Q Wu, W Wei, B Deng, P Jiang, D Li, M Zhang… - Journal of Mechanical …, 2019 - Springer
Experiments were conducted to investigate the cavitation behavior of Helmholtz self-
sustained oscillation jets. In this paper, highspeed photographic technology was used to …

Simultaneous volume-velocity measurements in the near field of atomizing sprays

PX Pham, A Kourmatzis, AR Masri - Measurement Science and …, 2017 - iopscience.iop.org
Direct visualization of atomizing sprays using backlight imaging is commonly used to obtain
both qualitative and quantitative information on spray morphology. Recently, the standard …