Soot formation mechanism of modern automobile engines and methods of reducing soot emissions: A review

E Jiaqiang, W Xu, Y Ma, D Tan, Q Peng, Y Tan… - Fuel Processing …, 2022 - Elsevier
As the main pollutant emitted by automobile engines, soot particles have brought great harm
to the environment and human health. However, the soot formation process in automobile …

Large eddy simulation of fuel-air mixing process in a convergent-divergent duct spray under non-vaporizing conditions

T Chen, Y An, S Shen, H Shi, Y Pei, K Wang - Fuel, 2023 - Elsevier
The spray mixing process can be improved via straight (ST) duct fuel injection, but there is a
risk of potential heat transfer loss due to prolonged spray tip penetration (STP) and spray …

[HTML][HTML] Exploiting the potential of large eddy simulations (LES) for ducted fuel injection investigation in non-reacting conditions

C Segatori, A Piano, BP Paradisi, A Bianco… - International Journal of …, 2024 - Elsevier
The diesel combustion research is increasingly focused on ducted fuel injection (DFI), a
promising concept to abate engine-out soot emissions in compression-ignition engines. A …

[HTML][HTML] Evaluation of the ducted fuel injection concept for medium duty engines and multi-hole nozzles: An optical analysis

JV Pastor, C Micó, F Lewiski, U Bin-Khalid - Applied Energy, 2024 - Elsevier
Abstract Ducted Fuel Injection (DFI) is a strategy still in development, which has proved to be
effective in reducing soot emissions in compression ignition engines. It works by driving the …

Ducted Fuel Injection

F Millo, A Piano, BP Paradisi, C Segatori… - … International Journal of …, 2022 - JSTOR
Ducted Fuel Injection (DFI) is a recently developed concept to curtail soot formation in diesel
flames and based on fuel injection along the axis of a small cylindrical pipe within the …

Analysis of ducted fuel injection at high-pressure transcritical conditions using large-eddy simulations

J Guo, D Brouzet, WT Chung… - International Journal of …, 2024 - journals.sagepub.com
Ducted fuel injection (DFI) is a proposed fuel injection concept for achieving substantial
reductions in emissions. In this concept, the fuel is injected through a coannular duct …

[HTML][HTML] Large eddy simulation of soot formation in a ducted fuel injection configuration

JC Ong, M Zhang, MS Jensen, JH Walther - Fuel, 2022 - Elsevier
The aim of this numerical study is to investigate the soot formation processes in a ducted fuel
injection (DFI) spray under engine-like conditions. Furthermore, the effect of the pre-injection …

Determining tolerance requirements for spray-duct alignment in ducted fuel injection

R Şener, G Nyrenstedt, KJ Baumgard… - … Journal of Engine …, 2024 - journals.sagepub.com
Several ducted fuel injection (DFI) studies have highlighted the importance of accuracy in
aligning the duct axis with that of its corresponding spray for optimal effectiveness, as …

Leaner lifted-flame combustion with ducted fuel injection: The key role of forced two-stage mixing

Y Feng, T Shang, J Cai, K Sun, T Wang - Fuel, 2023 - Elsevier
Ducted fuel injection (DFI) is a new approach to realize low-soot combustion for mixing-
controlled ignition engines, while the underlying physics still remains inadequately …

A computational parametric study of ducted fuel injection implementation in a heavy-duty diesel engine

X Liu, HG Im, CJ Mueller, G Nyrenstedt - Fuel, 2024 - Elsevier
Experiments have shown that ducted fuel injection (DFI) effectively reduces soot emissions
from direct-injection diesel engines. Although many computational studies have evaluated …