Large-eddy simulation on the effect of injection pressure and density on fuel jet mixing in gas engines

Fuel

Volumn 130, Issue , 2014, Pages 241-250

  Vuorinen, V ^a   Wehrfritz, A ^a   Duwig, C ^b   Boersma, B J ^c  

^a AALTO UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Direct injection; Large eddy simulation; Mixture quality; Natural gas; OpenFOAM

Indexed keywords

AIR; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; DIRECT INJECTION; FUELS; GAS ENGINES; GREENHOUSE GASES; LARGE EDDY SIMULATION; METHANE; MIXING; MIXTURES; NATURAL GAS; REYNOLDS NUMBER;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS METHODS; DENSITY DISTRIBUTIONS; HIGH INJECTION PRESSURES; MIXTURE QUALITY; NOZZLE PRESSURE RATIO; OPENFOAM; UN-BURNT HYDROCARBONS; UNDER-EXPANDED JETS;

JET ENGINES;

EID: 84899836186     PISSN: 00162361     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fuel.2014.04.045     Document Type: Article

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