Experimental investigation on the effect of n-butanol blending on spray characteristics of soybean biodiesel in a common-rail fuel injection system

Mo, Jun; Tang, Chenglong; Li, Junge; Guan, Li; Huang, Zuohua

doi:10.1016/j.fuel.2016.05.109

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“…where n i is the number of droplets per unit volume in size class i, and d i is the droplet diameter [7,[88][89][90][91].…”

Section: Fragment Size and Distributionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Breakup Morphology and Mechanisms of Liquid Atomization

Zhao¹,

Liu²

2020

Environmental Impact of Aviation and Sustainable Solutions

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Fuel atomization, the transformation of bulk liquid into sprays, is of importance in jet engines. In this chapter, we will introduce the latest research advances on breakup morphology and mechanism of liquid atomization. On primary atomization, based on the morphological difference, the twin-fluid atomization could be classified into different regimes. The influence of Kelvin-Helmholtz and Rayleigh-Taylor instability on breakup morphology and fragment size is great and nonmonotonic. On secondary atomization, Rayleigh-Taylor instability is considered as the main driving mechanism in different bag-breakup modes; for higher Weber number, it will be in concurrence with the shear instability. Based on ligamentmediated spray formation model, ligament breakup is found to be well represented by the gamma distributions. Atomization of complex fluids has special characteristics and mechanisms. There are also a lot of research advances recently in this field.

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“…where n i is the number of droplets per unit volume in size class i, and d i is the droplet diameter [7,[88][89][90][91].…”

Section: Fragment Size and Distributionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Breakup Morphology and Mechanisms of Liquid Atomization

Zhao¹,

Liu²

2020

Environmental Impact of Aviation and Sustainable Solutions

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“…It was reported that both, the spray tip penetration and the spray angle of biodiesel strongly reduced under cold flow conditions. Mo et al [102] investigated biodiesel spray characteristics using high-speed Schlieren technique. They reported that test fuel with higher biodiesel content showed larger spray area and spray volume as well as longer spray tip penetration.…”

Section: Spray Evolution Spray Tip Penetration and Fuelmentioning

confidence: 99%

Review of Experimental and Computational Studies on Spray, Combustion, Performance, and Emission Characteristics of Biodiesel Fueled Engines

Ágarwal

Park

Dhar

et al. 2018

Journal of Energy Resources Technology

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Biodiesel has emerged as a suitable alternative to mineral diesel in compression ignition (CI) engines in order to ensure global energy security and to reduce engine out emissions in near future. Biodiesel derived from various feedstocks available worldwide fits well in the current fuel supply arrangement for transport sector. However, biodiesel as an alternative transportation fuel has been extensively investigated because of differences in its important fuel properties compared with baseline mineral diesel. Since fuel properties greatly influence spray development, combustion, and emission formation in internal combustion (IC) engines, a number of experimental and computational studies on biodiesel usage in CI engines have been performed to determine its brake thermal efficiency (BTE), gaseous emissions, durability, etc., by various researchers using variety of engines and feedstocks. In the present paper, a critical review of the effect of biodiesel's fuel properties on engine performance, emissions, and combustion characteristics in existing diesel engines vis-a-vis conventional diesel has been undertaken. In addition, the progress and advances of numerical modeling involving biodiesel are also reviewed to determine the effect of fuel properties on spray evolution and development of reaction mechanisms for biodiesel combustion simulations. Fuel properties are discussed in two categories: physical and chemical properties, which are key parameters affecting spray and combustion processes. Subsequent sections review spray, combustion, emissions, and performance characteristics of biodiesels under various engine operation conditions. In the last section of this review paper, numerical modeling of biodiesel covering recent numerical models and schemes to understand the behavior of biodiesel combustion and pollutants formation is included. This review paper comprehensively summarizes biodiesel fuel's (BDFs) spray, combustion, and emission characteristics using experimental and numerical approaches. Limitations and scope for future studies are discussed in each section.

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“…These achievements indicate that diesel-n-butanol blends are a promising fuel and are worthy of in-depth study [25]. In our previous work [30][31][32], we have studied the effect of the injection parameters, ambient parameters, and fuel characteristics on the impingement process and adhered film distribution.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 98%

“…For future applications, much effort has been expended to investigate the characteristics of spray, combustion, and emission for use of n-butanol in diesel engines. The microscopic spray features of neat soybean biodiesel and 20% n-butanol biodiesel blends by using the particle/droplet image analyzing (PDIA) technology, which was determined by Mo et al [25]. The droplet diameter at the spray periphery was larger than that in the spray center because of the air-entrainment effect at the spray periphery.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Experimental Investigation on Effect of Wall Roughness and Lubricant Film on the Adhered Fuel Film of N-Butanol-Diesel Blends after Spray Impingement

et al. 2018

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Abstract:The effect of wall roughness with different lubricant film thicknesses on the characteristics of adhered fuel films of diesel-n-butanol blending fuels after spray impingement has been investigated. Four steel plates with different types of roughness (root mean square height-Sq) that were coated with different lubricant film thicknesses (h l ) were used as impinged walls. The experimental conditions included dry walls (h l = 0), semi-wetted walls (SWW) with different thin oil films (0 < h l /Sq < 1), and fully wetted walls (FWW) with a thick lubricant film (h l > Sq). The results indicate that the adhered fuel mass ratio (ε) of blended fuel with 25% n-butanol (B25) was higher than that of blended fuel with 15% n-butanol (B15) under the same conditions. ε increased with an increase in Sq on the dry walls, but, under SWW conditions, it decreased with an increase in oil film thickness. The fuel film morphology was almost unaffected by the change in Sq, but the results implied that the roughness parameter-Skewness (Ssk) exerted a greater impact. The mean thickness h a and accumulated diameter D l of the adhered fuel film increased with an increase in h l , but, under FWW conditions, the effect of the roughness on the adhered film's features was insignificant.

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Experimental investigation on the effect of n-butanol blending on spray characteristics of soybean biodiesel in a common-rail fuel injection system

Cited by 96 publications

References 26 publications

Breakup Morphology and Mechanisms of Liquid Atomization

Breakup Morphology and Mechanisms of Liquid Atomization

Review of Experimental and Computational Studies on Spray, Combustion, Performance, and Emission Characteristics of Biodiesel Fueled Engines

Experimental Investigation on Effect of Wall Roughness and Lubricant Film on the Adhered Fuel Film of N-Butanol-Diesel Blends after Spray Impingement

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