Analysis of diesel spray dynamics using a compressible Eulerian/VOF/LES model and microscopic shadowgraphy

M Ghiji, L Goldsworthy, PA Brandner, V Garaniya… - Fuel, 2017 - Elsevier
This paper presents numerical and experimental analysis of diesel engine spray dynamics
in the region very close to the nozzle exit. Diesel fuel is injected through a single solid cone …

Highly resolved Eulerian simulations of fuel spray transients in single and multi-hole injectors: Nozzle flow and near-exit dynamics

M Battistoni, S Som, CF Powell - Fuel, 2019 - Elsevier
In high pressure fuel injectors, needle opening and closing transients cause complex off-
design fluid dynamics behaviors that profoundly impact the spray and mixture formation …

Numerical and experimental investigation of early stage diesel sprays

M Ghiji, L Goldsworthy, PA Brandner, V Garaniya… - Fuel, 2016 - Elsevier
Experimental and numerical investigations of primary atomization in a high-pressure diesel
jet are presented. Information on flow processes and structures inside and near nozzle exit …

Flow visualisation in real-size optical injectors of conventional, additised, and renewable gasoline blends

M Heidari-Koochi, IK Karathanassis… - Energy Conversion and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Research on renewable and alternative fuels is crucial for improving the energy and
environmental efficiency of modern gasoline internal combustion engines. To highlight the …

End-of-injection fuel dribble of multi-hole diesel injector: Comprehensive investigation of phenomenon and discussion on control strategy

S Moon, W Huang, Z Li, J Wang - Applied Energy, 2016 - Elsevier
The needle shutdown of fuel injectors leads to an undesired fuel dribble that forms unburned
hydrocarbons and decreases the engine thermal efficiency in modern engines …

Numerical simulation of fuel dribbling and nozzle wall wetting

M Gavaises, M Murali-Girija… - … Journal of Engine …, 2022 - journals.sagepub.com
The present work describes a numerical methodology and its experimental validation of the
flow development inside and outside of the orifices during a pilot injection, dwelt time and …

Large-eddy simulation (LES) of spray transients: start and end of injection phenomena

M Battistoni, Q Xue, S Som - Oil & Gas Science …, 2016 - ogst.ifpenergiesnouvelles.fr
This work reports investigations on Diesel spray transients, accounting for internal nozzle
flow and needle motion, and demonstrates how seamless calculations of internal flow and …

Mechanisms of fuel injector tip wetting and tip drying based on experimental measurements of engine-out particulate emissions from gasoline direct-injection engines

M Medina, FM Alzahrani, M Fatouraie… - … Journal of Engine …, 2021 - journals.sagepub.com
Gasoline fuel deposited on the fuel injector tip has been identified as a significant source of
particulate emissions at some operating conditions of gasoline direct-injection engines. This …

Stereoscopic high-speed microscopy to understand transient internal flow processes in high-pressure nozzles

J Manin, LM Pickett, K Yasutomi - Experimental Thermal and Fluid Science, 2020 - Elsevier
The flow and cavitation behavior inside fuel injectors is known to affect spray development,
mixing and combustion characteristics. While diesel fuel injectors with converging and hydro …

Heat and mass transfer effects in the nozzle of a fuel injector from the start of needle lift to after the end of injection in the presence of fuel dribble and air entrainment

PG Aleiferis, N Papadopoulos - International Journal of Heat and Mass …, 2021 - Elsevier
The design of fuel injectors is key to achieving high-efficiency engine combustion with low
tailpipe emissions. The small dimensions of injector nozzle holes make the manufacturing of …