Modeling evaporation effects in conditional moment closure for spray autoignition

Combustion Theory and Modelling

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 725-752

  Borghesi, Giulio ^a   Mastorakos, Epaminondas ^a   Devaud, Cécile B ^b   Bilger, Robert W ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Conditional moment closure; Diesel engines; Spray autoignition

Indexed keywords

AMBIENT OXYGEN CONCENTRATIONS; AUTO-IGNITION; BALANCE SET; COLD AIR; CONDITIONAL MOMENT CLOSURE; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; FIRST-ORDER; FLAME LIFT-OFF; FLAME PROPAGATION; GOVERNING EQUATIONS; IGNITION DELAY TIME; IGNITION DELAYS; JET FLAMES; MIXTURE FRACTION; N-HEPTANES; OXYGEN CONCENTRATIONS; SOURCE TERMS; SPATIAL DIFFUSIONS; STABILIZATION MECHANISMS; VARIANCE EQUATIONS; VARIANCE FIELDS;

DIESEL ENGINES; DROPS; EVAPORATION; HEPTANE; IGNITION; MIXTURES; OXYGEN;

PHASE TRANSITIONS;

EID: 80052415374     PISSN: 13647830     EISSN: 17413559     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13647830.2011.560282     Document Type: Article

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