Conceptual models for partially premixed low-temperature diesel combustion

MPB Musculus, PC Miles, LM Pickett - Progress in energy and combustion …, 2013 - Elsevier
Based on recent research within optically accessible engines and combustion chambers,
conceptual models for low-temperature combustion (LTC) diesel engines are proposed. To …

A surrogate for emulating the physical and chemical properties of conventional jet fuel

D Kim, J Martz, A Violi - Combustion and Flame, 2014 - Elsevier
Two surrogates are developed using a model-based optimizer to emulate the fuel properties
affecting the spray development and gas phase ignition of a conventional jet fuel. The first …

Effects of spray impingement, injection parameters, and EGR on the combustion and emission characteristics of a PCCI diesel engine

R Kiplimo, E Tomita, N Kawahara, S Yokobe - Applied Thermal Engineering, 2012 - Elsevier
The effects of spray impingement, injection parameters, and exhaust gas recirculation (EGR)
on the combustion characteristics and exhaust emissions of a premixed charge compression …

Modelling n-dodecane spray and combustion with the transported probability density function method

Y Pei, ER Hawkes, S Kook, GM Goldin, T Lu - Combustion and Flame, 2015 - Elsevier
An n-dodecane spray in temperature and pressure conditions typical of diesel engines,
known as Spray A, is modelled by the transported probability density function (TPDF) …

Exhaust gas recirculation for advanced diesel combustion cycles

U Asad, M Zheng - Applied Energy, 2014 - Elsevier
Modern diesel engines tend to utilize significantly large quantities of exhaust gas
recirculation (EGR) and high intake pressures across the engine load range to meet NOx …

Diesel ignition delay and lift-off length through different methodologies using a multi-hole injector

R Payri, FJ Salvador, J Manin, A Viera - Applied Energy, 2016 - Elsevier
In this paper, lift-off length has been measured via both broadband luminosity and OH
chemiluminescence. In addition, ignition delay has also been measured via broadband …

Large eddy simulation of fuel-spray under non-reacting IC engine conditions

Q Xue, S Som, PK Senecal… - Atomization and …, 2013 - dl.begellhouse.com
This work examines the Subgrid-scale (SGS) model performance and effects of grid
resolution for fuel spray simulations within a Lagrangian-Eulerian framework. The widely …

Diesel fuel jet lift-off stabilization in the presence of laser-induced plasma ignition

LM Pickett, S Kook, H Persson, Ö Andersson - Proceedings of the …, 2009 - Elsevier
The mechanisms affecting lift-off stabilization at diesel conditions were investigated by laser-
igniting a diesel fuel jet upstream of its natural lift-off position. Single-nozzle fuel sprays …

Experimental and numerical low-temperature oxidation study of ethanol and dimethyl ether

F Herrmann, B Jochim, P Oßwald, L Cai, H Pitsch… - Combustion and …, 2014 - Elsevier
Low-temperature combustion (LTC) receives increasing attention because of its potential to
reduce NO x and soot emissions. For the application of this strategy in practical systems …

A comprehensive study of effects of mixing and chemical kinetic models on predictions of n-heptane jet ignitions with the PDF method

Y Pei, ER Hawkes, S Kook - Flow, turbulence and combustion, 2013 - Springer
Abstract The composition Probability Density Function (PDF) model is coupled with a
Reynolds-averaged k− ε turbulence model and three computationally efficient, yet widely …