Experiments and simulations of n-heptane spray auto-ignition in a closed combustion chamber at diesel engine conditions

Flow, Turbulence and Combustion

Volumn 84, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 49-78

  Wright, Yuri M ^a   Margari, Ourania Nektaria ^a,c   Boulouchos, Konstantinos ^a   De Paola, Giorgio ^b   Mastorakos, Epaminondas ^b  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c ALSTOM SWITZERLAND LTD   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Auto ignition; CMC; Experiments; Modelling; Spray; Turbulent combustion

Indexed keywords

AUTO-IGNITION; CMC; MODELLING; SPRAY; TURBULENT COMBUSTION;

COMBUSTION CHAMBERS; DIESEL ENGINES; EXPERIMENTS; HEPTANE; SMOKE;

IGNITION;

EID: 70350568784     PISSN: 13866184     EISSN: 15731987     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10494-009-9224-0     Document Type: Article

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