Influence of Spray Velocity and Structure on the Air Entrainment in the Primary Breakup Zone of High Pressure Diesel Sprays

2002 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christian Schugger ◽  
Ulrich Renz
Keyword(s):  
High Pressure ◽  
Momentum Transfer ◽  
Scattered Light ◽  
Injection Pressure ◽  
Air Entrainment ◽  
Turbulent Dispersion ◽  
Nozzle Geometry ◽  
Diesel Sprays ◽  
Spray Structure ◽  
Primary Breakup

Nozzle geometry and rail pressure influence the gas-liquid momentum transfer and the turbulent dispersion in the primary breakup zone of high-pressure Diesel sprays, and consequently the combustion processes. To investigate these phenomena, different measuring techniques have been used. The spray structure is visualized using shadowgraphy and scattered light imaging, and the axial velocities in the dense spray region have been measured using a Laser Correlation Velocimeter. Gas velocities are measured using Particle Image Velocimetry. It is found that the dimensionless velocities (related to the frictionless velocity) are independent of the injection pressure and the nozzle geometry. However the momentum transfer between the liquid phase and the surrounding air strongly depends on the spray structure. Here a sharp edged nozzle inlet promotes cavitation and turbulence levels in the nozzle which leads to stronger breakup and significantly enhanced air entrainment.

Nozzle Geometry and Injection Duration Effects on Diesel Sprays Measured by X-Ray Radiography

2008 ◽  
Vol 130 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
A. L. Kastengren ◽  
C. F. Powell ◽  
T. Riedel ◽  
S.-K. Cheong ◽  
K.-S. Im ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Ambient Pressure ◽  
Injection Pressure ◽  
Leading Edge ◽  
Nozzle Geometry ◽  
Diesel Sprays ◽  
X Ray ◽  
Injection Duration ◽  
Quantitative Measurements ◽  
Light Duty ◽  
Trailing Edges

X-ray radiography was used to measure the behavior of four fuel sprays from a light-duty common-rail diesel injector. The sprays were at 250bar injection pressure and 1bar ambient pressure. Injection durations of 400μs and 1000μs were tested, as were axial single-hole nozzles with hydroground and nonhydroground geometries. The X-ray data provide quantitative measurements of the internal mass distribution of the spray, including near the injector orifice. Such measurements are not possible with optical diagnostics. The 400μs sprays from the hydroground and nonhydroground nozzles appear qualitatively similar. The 1000μs spray from the nonhydroground nozzle has a relatively consistent moderate width, while that from the hydroground nozzle is quite wide before transitioning into a narrow jet. The positions of the leading- and trailing-edges of the spray have also been determined, as has the amount of fuel residing in a concentrated structure near the leading edge of the spray.

scholarly journals Experimental Validation of an Innovative Approach for GDI Spray Pattern Recognition

Fuels ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 16-36
Author(s):  
Federico Rosignoli ◽  
Lucio Postrioti
Keyword(s):  
Experimental Validation ◽  
Injection Pressure ◽  
Analysis Procedure ◽  
Operating Conditions ◽  
Innovative Approach ◽  
Diesel Sprays ◽  
Spray Structure ◽  
Counter Pressure ◽  
Pressure Injection ◽  
Triangle Method

In the present automotive scenario, along with hybridization, GDI technology is progressively spreading in order to improve the powertrain thermal efficiency. In order to properly match the fuel spray development with the combustion chamber design, using robust and accurate diagnostics is required. In particular, for the evaluation of the injection quality in terms of spray shape, vision tests are crucial for GDI injection systems. By vision tests, parameters such as spray tip penetration and cone angles can be measured, as the operating conditions in terms of mainly injection pressure, injection strategy, and chamber counter-pressure are varied. Provided that a complete experimental spray characterization requires the acquisition of several thousand spray images, an automated methodology for analyzing spray images objectively and automatically is mandatory. A decisive step in a spray image analysis procedure is binarization, i.e., the extraction of the spray structure from the background. Binarization is particularly challenging for GDI sprays, given their lower compactness with respect to diesel sprays. In the present paper, two of the most diffused automated binarization algorithms, namely the Otsu and Yen methods, are comparatively validated with an innovative approach derived from the Triangle method—the Last Minimum Criterion—for the analysis of high-pressure GDI sprays. GDI spray images acquired with three injection pressure levels (up to 600 bar) and two different optical setups (backlight and front illumination) were used to validate the considered algorithms in challenging conditions, obtaining encouraging results in terms of accuracy and robustness for the proposed approach.

Structure of high-pressure diesel sprays

2001 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Gavaises ◽  
C. Arcoumanis ◽  
A. Theodorakakos ◽  
G. Bergeles
Keyword(s):  
High Pressure ◽  
Diesel Sprays

Measurement of Biodiesel Blend and Conventional Diesel Spray Structure Using X-Ray Radiography

2009 ◽  
Vol 131 (6) ◽  
Author(s):  
A. L. Kastengren ◽  
C. F. Powell ◽  
K.-S. Im ◽  
Y.-J. Wang ◽  
J. Wang
Keyword(s):  
Cone Angle ◽  
Injection Pressure ◽  
Fuel Distribution ◽  
X Ray ◽  
Spray Structure ◽  
Quantitative Measurements ◽  
Biodiesel Blend ◽  
Temporal And Spatial ◽  
Nozzle Geometries ◽  
Fuel Effects

The near-nozzle structure of several nonevaporating biodiesel-blend sprays has been studied using X-ray radiography. Radiography allows quantitative measurements of the fuel distribution in sprays to be made with high temporal and spatial resolution. Measurements have been made at different values of injection pressure, ambient density, and with two different nozzle geometries to understand the influences of these parameters on the spray structure of the biodiesel blend. These measurements have been compared with corresponding measurements of Viscor, a diesel calibration fluid, to demonstrate the fuel effects on the spray structure. Generally, the biodiesel-blend spray has a similar structure to the spray of Viscor. For the nonhydroground nozzle used in this study, the biodiesel-blend spray has a slightly slower penetration into the ambient gas than the Viscor spray. The cone angle of the biodiesel-blend spray is generally smaller than that of the Viscor spray, indicating that the biodiesel-blend spray is denser than the Viscor spray. For the hydroground nozzle, both fuels produce sprays with initially wide cone angles that transition to narrow sprays during the steady-state portion of the injection event. These variations in cone angle with time occur later for the biodiesel-blend spray than for the Viscor spray, indicating that the dynamics of the injector needle as it opens are somewhat different for the two fuels.

A Numerical Investigation on Mixing Characteristics of Natural Gas Jets With High-Pressure Injection

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Long Liu ◽  
Tianyang Dai ◽  
Qian Xiong ◽  
Yuehua Qian ◽  
Bo Liu
Keyword(s):  
High Pressure ◽  
Natural Gas ◽  
Air Entrainment ◽  
Gas Jet ◽  
Swirl Ratio ◽  
Marine Engine ◽  
Low Speed ◽  
Pressure Injection ◽  
Mixing Characteristics ◽  
High Pressure Injection

Abstract With increasingly stringent emissions limitation of greenhouse gas and atmospheric pollutants for ship, the direct injection of natural gas on the cylinder head with high-pressure injection is an effective method to make a high power output and decrease harmful gas emissions in marine natural gas dual fuel engines. However, the effects on mixing characteristics of high-pressure natural gas underexpanded jet have not been fully understood. Especially, the injection pressure is up to 30 MPa with large injection quantity and critical surrounding gas conditions for the low-speed two-stroke marine engine. Therefore, this research is focused on the flow and mixing process of the natural gas jet with high-pressure injection under the in-cylinder conditions of low-speed two-stroke marine engine. The gas jet penetration, the distribution of velocity and density, the equivalence ratio and air entrainment have been analyzed under different nozzle hole diameters by numerical simulation. The effects of surrounding gas conditions including pressure, temperature and swirl ratio on air entrainment and equivalence ratio distribution were studied in detail. From the numerical simulation, it is found that the mixing characteristics of natural gas jet can be improved under in-cylinder conditions of higher ambient temperature and swirl ratio, which is relevant to the low-speed two-stroke marine engine.

Experimental Study of Spray Penetration under High Pressure Common Rail Condition

2011 ◽  
Vol 347-353 ◽  
pp. 66-69
Author(s):  
Jian Xin Liu ◽  
Song Liu ◽  
Hui Yong Du ◽  
Zhan Cheng Wang ◽  
Bin Xu
Keyword(s):  
High Pressure ◽  
High Speed ◽  
Injection Pressure ◽  
Electronic System ◽  
Common Rail ◽  
Spray Penetration ◽  
Jet Breakup ◽  
Secondary Breakup ◽  
Breakup Time ◽  
High Pressure Common Rail

The fuel spray images were taken with an equipment (camera-flash-injection) which has been synchronized with a purpose made electronic system under the condition of the high pressure common rail in two injection pressure has been expressed in this paper. It is discovered when fitting spray tip penetration that after jet breakup for a period of time, the spray tip begin to slow down rapidly, and the speed of spray tip running becomes smooth. Hiroyasu and other traditional tip penetration fitting formula are fitting larger to this phase. This is because that after jet breakup, the secondary breakup of striker particles will occur under the influence of the aerodynamic, surface tension and viscosity force. Therefore, a spray penetration fitting formula containing secondary breakup time to fit penetration in three sections was proposed in this paper. Results show that when pressure difference increase, both first and second breakup time become earlier. The former is because of gas-liquid relative velocity increasing, while the latter is due to high speed interface movement acceleration increasing.

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