Dynamics of spray impingement wall film under cold start conditions

Fuel film that adhered on engine walls from spray impingement is considered a primary source of harmful combustion emissions. However, the physics of the wall film formation, propagation, and breakup is not fully understood yet because of its multiphase nature. Existing literature has revealed that...

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Published in:International journal of engine research 2020-02, Vol.21 (2), p.319-329
Main Authors: Li, Xuesong, Xiao, Di, Parrish, Scott E, Grover, Ronald O, Hung, David LS, Xu, Min
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Cold starts
Emissions control
Ethanol
Fuels
Impingement
Internal combustion engines
Laser diagnostics
Laser induced fluorescence
Lasers
Mie scattering
Numerical models
Octane
Optical measurement
Optimization
Rhodamine 6G
Sapphire
Temperature dependence
Wall temperature
Wave height
Wave propagation
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Summary:Fuel film that adhered on engine walls from spray impingement is considered a primary source of harmful combustion emissions. However, the physics of the wall film formation, propagation, and breakup is not fully understood yet because of its multiphase nature. Existing literature has revealed that the mass transportation within the fuel film takes a wave propagation form. This article aims to identify the dynamics of the wall film during spray impingement via high-speed laser diagnostics. In this work, a single-hole injector was used and the spray impinged onto a stage made of sapphire glass for diagnostics purposes. Iso-octane was used as the fuel and 10% ethanol was blended to dope rhodamine 6G as the fluorescent species for laser excitation. Simultaneous optical measurements, such as laser-induced fluorescence and Mie scattering, are performed to obtain the characteristics of the wall film quantitatively. Various aspects of the wall film, including the frequency of the wave, wave speed, and wave height, are inspected. The impact of fuel temperature and wall temperature under typical cold-start conditions are also studied to investigate the temperature dependence of the wall film dynamics. The research is also intended to provide quantitative experimental data for numerical models for impingement prediction and thus help the process of emission reduction and combustion optimization of internal combustion engines.
ISSN:1468-0874
2041-3149
DOI:10.1177/1468087419859682