Spatio-temporal identification of plume dynamics by 3D computed tomography using engine combustion network spray G injector and various fuels

J Hwang, L Weiss, IK Karathanassis, P Koukouvinis… - Fuel, 2020 - Elsevier
Understanding of plume direction and mixture quality in a combustion chamber is crucial to
improve engine performance. While a variety of diagnostics using laser and x-ray facilities …

Using ducted fuel injection to attenuate or prevent soot formation in mixing-controlled combustion strategies for engine applications

RK Gehmlich, CJ Mueller, DJ Ruth, CW Nilsen… - Applied energy, 2018 - Elsevier
Ducted fuel injection is a strategy that can be used to enhance the fuel/charge-gas mixing
within the combustion chamber of a direct-injection compression-ignition engine. The …

The Corrected Distortion model for Lagrangian spray simulation of transcritical fuel injection

TM Nguyen, RN Dahms, LM Pickett… - International Journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
In this work, we present a detailed implementation and validation of the droplet modeling
framework proposed by Dahms and Oefelein (2016) into the engine commercial CFD …

Spray penetration, combustion, and soot formation characteristics of the ECN Spray C and Spray D injectors in multiple combustion facilities

N Maes, SA Skeen, M Bardi, RP Fitzgerald… - Applied Thermal …, 2020 - Elsevier
In a collaborative effort to identify key aspects of heavy-duty diesel injector behavior, the
Engine Combustion Network (ECN) Spray C and Spray D injectors were characterized in …

Numerical studies of gasoline direct-injection sprays (ECN Spray G) under early-and late-injection conditions using Large Eddy Simulation and droplets-statistics …

HP Lien, Y Li, A Pati, A Sadiki, C Hasse - Fuel, 2024 - Elsevier
This paper presents an approach that uses Large Eddy Simulation under the Eulerian–
Lagrangian framework to model the gasoline direct-injection (GDI) spray from Engine …

Petroleum wellhead burning: A review of the basic science for burn efficiency prediction

SG Tuttle, BT Fisher, DA Kessler, CJ Pfützner… - Fuel, 2021 - Elsevier
While wellhead burning has been a hazard for generations, the development of reliable,
safe capping practices suggests that wellhead burning can be used as an oil spill mitigation …

Spray collapse characteristics of practical GDI spray for lateral-mounted GDI engines

H Oh, J Hwang, L White, LM Pickett, D Han - International Journal of Heat …, 2022 - Elsevier
Spray collapsing and plume merging processes were investigated using a lateral-mounted
gasoline direct injection (GDI) injector with a practical'triangular'spray pattern. High-speed …

Soot and spectral radiation modeling for high-pressure turbulent spray flames

SF Fernandez, C Paul, A Sircar, A Imren… - Combustion and …, 2018 - Elsevier
A transported probability density function (PDF) method and a photon Monte Carlo/line-by-
line (PMC/LBL) spectral model are exercised to generate physical insight into soot …

Particulate matter emissions in gasoline direct-injection spark-ignition engines: sources, fuel dependency, and quantities

E Singh, N Kim, D Vuilleumier, S Skeen, E Cenker… - Fuel, 2023 - Elsevier
This study investigates sources of particulate matter (PM) from a direct-injected spark-
ignition (DISI) engine, all of which are likely the result of poor mixture formation, although …

ECN Spray D visualization of the spray interaction with a transparent wall under engine-like conditions. Part I: Non-reactive impinging spray

JE Peraza, FJ Salvador, J Gimeno, S Ruiz - Fuel, 2022 - Elsevier
The possibility for a jet of fuel to collide against the surfaces of the combustion chamber or
the piston bowl into a thermal engine, has a direct effect on the droplets breakup and the …