The role of droplet fragmentation in high-pressure evaporating diesel sprays

International Journal of Thermal Sciences

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 554-572

  Tonini, S ^a,c   Gavaises, M ^a   Theodorakakos, A ^b  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b Fluid Research Company   (Greece)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERGAMO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Dense spray modelling; Diesel sprays; Droplet break up; Fuel vaporisation; Nozzle cavitation; PDA measurements

Indexed keywords

AIR; AIR ENGINES; CAVITATION; CHARGE COUPLED DEVICES; DIESEL ENGINES; DIGITAL CAMERAS; DROP BREAKUP; DROP FORMATION; DROPS; FLOW OF FLUIDS; HAND HELD COMPUTERS; HYDRODYNAMICS; INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; LAGRANGE MULTIPLIERS; NOZZLES; PERSONAL DIGITAL ASSISTANTS; PESTICIDES; SIGNAL PROCESSING;

CAVITATING FLOWS; COMPONENT EFFECTS; CONTACT AREAS; DENSE SPRAY MODELLING; DI DIESEL ENGINES; DIESEL SPRAYS; DOMINANT MECHANISMS; DROPLET BREAK-UP; DROPLET DEFORMATIONS; DROPLET INTERACTIONS; EULERIAN; EVAPORATING DIESEL SPRAYS; EXPERIMENTAL DATUMS; FRAGMENTATION PROCESSES; HIGH PRESSURES; INJECTION CONDITIONS; INJECTION PRESSURES; INJECTOR NOZZLES; INTERFACE AREAS; LAGRANGIAN MODELS; LIQUID PENETRATIONS; MODEL PREDICTIONS; MOVING DROPLETS; NEW MODELS; NOZZLE GEOMETRIES; PDA MEASUREMENTS; PHASE DOPPLER ANEMOMETRIES; PHYSICAL MECHANISMS; PHYSICAL PROCESSES; RELATIVE IMPORTANCES; TURBULENT DISPERSIONS;

PHASE INTERFACES;

EID: 58149113184     PISSN: 12900729     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijthermalsci.2008.03.020     Document Type: Article

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