A spray analysis of petrol and alternative fuels

Abstract

V prispevku je obravnavana numerična analiza curkov plinskega olja in nekaterih nadomestnih goriv. Z uporabo paketa računske dinamike tekočin FIRE so bile določene karakteristike curkov (velikost kapljic in domet) plinskega olja, biodizla in odpadnega rastlinskega olja. Nekatere vrednosti karakterističnih veličin curka so bile primerjane tudi z vrednostmi, izračunanimi z uporabo znanih empiričnih modelov za določitev karakteristik curka. Analize so bile izvedene za dva tipa vbrizgalnih šob oz. vbrizgalnih sistemov (neposredni in posredni). V primeru slednjega so rezultati numerične analize primerjani še s fotografijami curka.This paper presents numerical analyses of sprays of diesel and some alternative fuels. The fuel spray characteristics (the droplet size and the penetration length) of diesel fuel, biodiesel and waste cooking oil were calculated using the computational fluid dynamics program FIRE. Some of the characteristics were calculated using existing empirical models. The analyses were made for two different injection systems: direct and indirect injection. In the case of indirect injection, the results were also compared with fuel-spray photographs

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