Numerical analysis of injector flow and spray characteristics from diesel injectors using fossil and biodiesel fuels

Applied Energy

Volumn 97, Issue , 2012, Pages 656-666

  Battistoni, Michele ^a   Grimaldi, Carlo Nazareno ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Biodiesel spray; Cavitation; Coupled simulations; Eulerian multiphase flow; Nozzle flow; Primary breakup

Indexed keywords

BIODIESEL; CAVITATION; DIESEL FUELS; FUELS; JET PUMPS; MASS TRANSFER; MULTIPHASE FLOW; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS;

BIO-DIESEL FUEL; BREAKUP MODELS; BUBBLE DYNAMICS; CAVITATING FLOW; CFD SIMULATIONS; CONE ANGLE; CONVERGENT NOZZLES; COUPLED SIMULATION; DIESEL INJECTORS; EULERIAN; EULERIAN-EULERIAN; FUEL PROPERTIES; FUEL TYPES; INJECTION PROCESS; INJECTOR NOZZLE; LAGRANGIAN; LIQUID PENETRATION; MASS FLOW; METHYL ESTERS; MOVING GRID; NOZZLE FLOW; NOZZLE SHAPE; SOYBEAN OIL; SPRAY CHARACTERISTICS; SPRAY PENETRATION; TWO NOZZLES; TWO-FLUID;

SPRAY NOZZLES;

BIOFUEL; CAVITATION; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; ESTER; FOSSIL FUEL; LAGRANGIAN ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL MODEL; SOYBEAN; VEGETABLE OIL; VISCOSITY;

GLYCINE MAX;

EID: 84862314241     PISSN: 03062619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2011.11.080     Document Type: Article

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