Effect of ethanol and ambient pressure on port-fuel-injection sprays in an optically accessible intake chamber

Atomization and Sprays

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 427-445

  Padala, Srinivas ^a   Kook, Sanghoon ^a   Hawkes, Evatt R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Ethanol; Mie scattering; Port fuel injection; Sprays; Turbocharging

Indexed keywords

AMBIENT PRESSURES; ANALYSIS OF MEANS; CONVENTIONAL GASOLINE; DROPLET BREAKUP; DROPLET DIAMETERS; DROPLET SIZES; ETHANOL-BLENDED GASOLINE; EVAPORATION RATE; GASOLINE ENGINES; HEAT OF VAPORIZATION; HEAVY MOLECULES; HIGH RESOLUTION; HIGH-POWER; INTAKE PRESSURE; LOWER VAPOR PRESSURE; MIE SCATTERING; MULTICOMPONENTS; PORT FUEL INJECTIONS; SATURATION TEMPERATURE; SPRAY PARAMETERS; SPRAY PENETRATION; SPRAYS; START OF INJECTIONS; TURBOCHARGING;

BLENDING; CCD CAMERAS; DIESEL ENGINES; DROP BREAKUP; ETHANOL; EVAPORATION; FUEL INJECTION; FUELS; GASOLINE; PHASE TRANSITIONS;

ETHANOL FUELS;

EID: 84555208250     PISSN: 10445110     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1615/AtomizSpr.2011003823     Document Type: Article

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