Atomization and spray characteristics of bioethanol and bioethanol blended gasoline fuel injected through a direct injection gasoline injector

International Journal of Heat and Fluid Flow

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1183-1192

  Park, Su Han ^a   Kim, Hyung Jun ^a   Suh, Hyun Kyu ^a   Lee, Chang Sik ^a  

^a Hanyang University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Atomization; Bioethanol; E85; Linearized instability sheet atomization (LISA) model; Sauter mean diameter (SMD); Spray tip penetration

Indexed keywords

AMBIENT AIR; ATOMIZATION CHARACTERISTICS; BLENDED GASOLINE; CIRCULAR SHAPE; DEVELOPMENT PROCESS; DIRECT INJECTION; DROPLET SIZES; GASOLINE ENGINES; GASOLINE FUELS; INJECTION PRESSURES; KINEMATIC VISCOSITY; NUMERICAL RESULTS; SAUTER MEAN DIAMETER (SMD); SAUTER MEAN DIAMETERS; SPRAY CHARACTERISTICS; SPRAY CONE ANGLE; SPRAY DEVELOPMENT; SPRAY DROPLET; SPRAY TIP PENETRATION; UNIFORM MIXTURES;

ATOMIZATION; DROP BREAKUP; DROP FORMATION; ETHANOL; FUEL PURIFICATION; FUELS; GASOLINE; JET PUMPS; JETS; LINEARIZATION; SURFACE TENSION; VORTEX FLOW;

BIOETHANOL;

EID: 71549167968     PISSN: 0142727X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijheatfluidflow.2009.07.002     Document Type: Article

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