A review on the recent advances of flash boiling atomization and combustion applications

X Li, S Wang, S Yang, S Qiu, Z Sun, DLS Hung… - Progress in Energy and …, 2024 - Elsevier
Flash boiling atomization is a promising approach to enhance spray atomization with
internal energy as the driving force as well. Past investigations primarily focused on the …

Engine, aftertreatment, fuel quality and non-tailpipe achievements to lower gasoline vehicle PM emissions: Literature review and future prospects

MM Maricq - Science of The Total Environment, 2023 - Elsevier
Spark ignition gasoline vehicles comprise most light duty vehicles worldwide. These
vehicles were not historically associated with PM emissions. This changed about 15 years …

Nozzle tip wetting in GDI injector at flash-boiling conditions

W Huang, H Gong, S Moon, J Wang… - International Journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
The flash-boiling spray has become a timely topic of seeking the high mixture quality and
clean combustion of the gasoline-direction-injection (GDI) engines. The flash-boiling spray …

Spray dynamics of synthetic dimethyl carbonate and its blends with gasoline

W Huang, RH Pratama, M Oguma, K Kinoshita… - Fuel, 2023 - Elsevier
Synthetic dimethyl carbonate (DMC) is a promising alternative or oxygenated additive fuel to
reduce not only CO 2 but also particle number (PN) emissions from gasoline direct injection …

Spray-wall interactions in direct-injection engines: An introductory overview

TD Fansler, MF Trujillo… - International Journal of …, 2020 - journals.sagepub.com
Spray-wall interactions directly affect fuel-air mixture preparation and emissions formation.
They are therefore among the most critical physical processes in engines today. This special …

Spray process of multi-component gasoline surrogate fuel under ECN Spray G conditions

J Hwang, IK Karathanassis, P Koukouvinis… - International Journal of …, 2024 - Elsevier
As modern gasoline direct injection (GDI) engines utilize sophisticated injection strategies, a
detailed understanding of the air-fuel mixing process is crucial to further improvements in …

Experimental investigations on the spray structure and nozzle tip wetting using various fuels with an LPDI injector

YS Yu, S Yang, M Jeong, H Kim, H Yi, JH Park, S Park - Fuel, 2022 - Elsevier
Unlike the conventional liquid phase LPG injection (LPLI) system, an LPG direct injection
(LPDI) system directly injects fuel into the combustion chamber, so the temperature inside …

Breakup characteristics of high speed liquid jets from a single-hole injector

S Wu, M Meinhart, B Petersen, J Yi, M Wooldridge - Fuel, 2021 - Elsevier
In this study, spray characteristics from a single-hole gasoline direct injection injector with
nozzle diameters of 0.14 mm and 0.2 mm were investigated. High-speed macroscopic and …

The effects of nozzle taper angle on in-nozzle flow and nozzle tip-wetting under flash boiling conditions

S Wang, D Xiao, S Qiu, X Zhang, X Li, DLS Hung, M Xu - Fuel, 2022 - Elsevier
As an important structural design, the taper angle of an injector has been proved to have a
significant influence on spray behavior under both subcooled and flash boiling conditions …

Heat and mass transfer effects in the nozzle of a fuel injector from the start of needle lift to after the end of injection in the presence of fuel dribble and air entrainment

PG Aleiferis, N Papadopoulos - International Journal of Heat and Mass …, 2021 - Elsevier
The design of fuel injectors is key to achieving high-efficiency engine combustion with low
tailpipe emissions. The small dimensions of injector nozzle holes make the manufacturing of …