Spray measurement technology: a review

TD Fansler, SE Parrish - Measurement Science and Technology, 2014 - iopscience.iop.org
Sprays are among the most intellectually challenging and practically important topics in fluid
mechanics. This paper reviews needs, milestones, challenges, and a broad array of …

Transcritical diffuse-interface hydrodynamics of propellants in high-pressure combustors of chemical propulsion systems

L Jofre, J Urzay - Progress in Energy and Combustion Science, 2021 - Elsevier
Rocket engines and high-power new generations of gas-turbine jet engines and diesel
engines oftentimes involve the injection of one or more reactants at subcritical temperatures …

A compact skeletal mechanism for n-dodecane with optimized semi-global low-temperature chemistry for diesel engine simulations

T Yao, Y Pei, BJ Zhong, S Som, T Lu, KH Luo - Fuel, 2017 - Elsevier
A skeletal mechanism with 54 species and 269 reactions was developed to predict pyrolysis
and oxidation of n-dodecane as a diesel fuel surrogate involving both high-temperature …

[HTML][HTML] Holding water in a sieve—stable droplets without surface tension

NP Longmire, SL Showalter, DT Banuti - Nature Communications, 2023 - nature.com
Our understanding of supercritical fluids has seen exciting advances over the last decades,
often in direct contradiction to established textbook knowledge. Rather than being …

[HTML][HTML] On the transcritical mixing of fuels at diesel engine conditions

C Crua, J Manin, LM Pickett - Fuel, 2017 - Elsevier
Whilst the physics of both classical evaporation and supercritical fluid mixing are reasonably
well characterized and understood in isolation, little is known about the transition from one to …

[HTML][HTML] Multi-component vapor-liquid equilibrium model for LES of high-pressure fuel injection and application to ECN Spray A

J Matheis, S Hickel - International Journal of Multiphase Flow, 2018 - Elsevier
We present and evaluate a two-phase model for Eulerian large-eddy simulations (LES) of
liquid-fuel injection and mixing at high pressure. The model is based on cubic equations of …

A review on atomization and exhaust emissions of a biodiesel-fueled compression ignition engine

HK Suh, CS Lee - Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 2016 - Elsevier
In this article, the spray atomization characteristics, combustion performance, and emissions
reduction characteristics of a biodiesel-fueled compression ignition (CI) engine are …

[HTML][HTML] Microscopic imaging of the initial stage of diesel spray formation

C Crua, MR Heikal, MR Gold - Fuel, 2015 - Elsevier
Detailed measurements of near-nozzle spray formation are essential to better understand
and predict the physical processes involved in diesel fuel atomisation. We used long-range …

Spray–turbulence–chemistry interactions under engine-like conditions

L Zhou, W Zhao, KH Luo, H Wei, M Xie - Progress in Energy and …, 2021 - Elsevier
Turbulent multiphase combustion plays an important role in both nature (eg, volcanos and
pool fires) and industry (eg, industrial furnaces, aeroengines, and internal combustion …

Effects of graphite oxide and single-walled carbon nanotubes as diesel additives on the performance, combustion, and emission characteristics of a light-duty diesel …

JB Ooi, HM Ismail, BT Tan, X Wang - Energy, 2018 - Elsevier
Graphene and carbon nanotubes have drawn interest across many disciplines due to their
remarkable properties. We investigated the effects of graphite oxide (GO), single-walled …