Experimental study of the effect of n-butanol additive on spray characteristics of biodiesel in a high-pressure common-rail injection system

2018 ◽  
Vol 233 (2) ◽  
pp. 211-220 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bolun Yi ◽  
Wei Fu ◽  
Lanbo Song ◽  
Fengyu Li ◽  
Tao Liu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
High Speed ◽  
Cone Angle ◽  
Density Ratio ◽  
Common Rail ◽  
Injection System ◽  
Spray Characteristics ◽  
Spray Cone Angle ◽  
Spray Cone ◽  
Spray Tip Penetration ◽  
Blended Fuel

The aim of this study was to investigate the spray characteristics of biodiesel and n-butanol/biodiesel blended fuel. The spray tip penetration and the spray cone angle were tested and analyzed. A constant volume chamber and high-speed camera were used to observe the spray evolution and a common-rail system was employed to change the injection pressure. The results show that the spray tip penetration and the spray cone angle of biodiesel are larger than those of blended fuel in most cases. n-Butanol additive changes the relationship between angle and density ratio to a certain degree. The experimental trend lines support the penetration model proposed by Hiroyasu and Arai in terms of similar proportional relation on time after start of injection, and the empirical equations provide reasonable agreement with the experimental data of the spray tip penetration.

Experimental study of spray characteristics of biodiesel blending with diethyl carbonate in a common rail injection system

2017 ◽  
Vol 233 (2) ◽  
pp. 249-262 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wei Fu ◽  
Lanbo Song ◽  
Tao Liu ◽  
Qizhao Lin
Keyword(s):  
Cone Angle ◽  
Injection Pressure ◽  
Injection System ◽  
Diethyl Carbonate ◽  
Spray Characteristics ◽  
Projected Area ◽  
Spray Cone Angle ◽  
Spray Cone ◽  
Common Rail Injection System ◽  
Common Rail Injection

The objective of this paper is to investigate the spray macroscopic characteristics of biodiesel, diethyl carbonate (DEC)-biodiesel blends and diesel fuel based on a common-rail injection system. The spray tip penetration, spray cone angle and the spray projected area were measured through a high-speed photography method. The experimental results reveal that injection pressure and ambient pressure have significant effects on the spray characteristics. Higher injection pressure makes the spray tip penetration increase, while higher back pressure inside the chamber leads to the enlargement of the spray cone angle. The addition of DEC causes the blends fuels to have a shorter penetration and larger spray projected area, which reveals the potential capacity to improve the atomization process compared with biodiesel. The estimation of spray droplet size indicates that DEC30 generates a smaller Sauter mean diameter (SMD) because of its lower surface tension and viscosity. Model predictions were illustrated and compared with current work.

Macroscopic spray characteristics of long-chain alcohol-biodiesel fuels in a constant volume chamber

2017 ◽  
Vol 232 (2) ◽  
pp. 195-207 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fengyu Li ◽  
Bolun Yi ◽  
Lanbo Song ◽  
Wei Fu ◽  
Tao Liu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Cone Angle ◽  
Spray Characteristics ◽  
Spray Cone Angle ◽  
Spray Cone ◽  
Chain Alcohol ◽  
Biodiesel Blends ◽  
Spray Tip Penetration ◽  
Mixing Ratios ◽  
Long Chain Alcohol ◽  
Long Chain

In this research, three basic macroscopic spray characteristics (spray tip penetration, spray cone angle, and spray area) of long-chain alcohol-biodiesel blends were studied to investigate the differences of macroscopic spray characteristics of long-chain alcohol-biodiesel blends with different mixing ratios and to further investigate the effects of blending long-chain alcohols into biodiesel on the spray characteristics. Two kinds of long-chain alcohols, n-butanol, and n-pentanol, were selected to study effects of difference kinds of long-chain alcohols on macroscopic spray characteristics of long-chain alcohol-biodiesel blends. Results show that with the increase of proportion of n-butanol or n-pentanol in blends, spray tip penetration decreased while spray cone angle and spray area increased; in terms of the effects brought by different long-chain alcohols, n-pentanol-biodiesel blends showed slightly longer spray tip penetration, smaller spray cone angle and smaller spray area compared to n-butanol-biodiesel blends in the same mixing ratios, and the difference trends between those two kinds blends could easily be opposite due to the very similar properties of n-butanol and n-pentanol. Furthermore, a modified spray tip penetration model was proposed based on previous model and showed good agreement with experimental results.

Experimental Study on Spray Characteristics of Diesel Engines and Analysis of Fuel Dripping Phenomenon

2014 ◽  
Vol 1078 ◽  
pp. 271-275 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yu Qiang Wu ◽  
Qian Wang ◽  
Zhi Sheng Gao ◽  
Zhou Rong Zhang ◽  
Li Ming Dai
Keyword(s):  
Experimental Study ◽  
High Speed ◽  
Cone Angle ◽  
Digital Camera ◽  
Injection Pressure ◽  
Fuel Mixture ◽  
Long Distance ◽  
Spray Characteristics ◽  
Spray Cone Angle ◽  
Spray Cone

Experimental study on macroscopic spray characteristics of a certain type of domestic common rail injectors under the conditions of different injection pressures was carried out through a high-speed digital camera. Furthermore, a fuel dripping phenomenon at the end stage of injection was observed through the high-speed digital camera equipped with a long-distance microscope, and a further analysis of the phenomenon was made. The results show the increase in the injection pressure can evidently enhance spray cone angle and expand the scope of spray field in combustion chamber, which is conducive to air-fuel mixture. The spray cone angle during the development spray shows a double-peak shape. And the long response-time of seating of solenoid valve core that disables the injection cutting off in time is one of factors causing fuel dripping phenomenon.

Experimental Study on Spray Characteristics of N-Butanol/Acidic Oil/Diesel Blends

2014 ◽  
Vol 1008-1009 ◽  
pp. 1001-1005 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jian Wu ◽  
Yang Hua ◽  
Zhan Cheng Wang ◽  
Li Li Zhu ◽  
Wei Wei Shang
Keyword(s):  
Experimental Study ◽  
High Speed ◽  
Cone Angle ◽  
Injection Pressure ◽  
Air Entrainment ◽  
Mixing Ratio ◽  
Spray Characteristics ◽  
Spray Cone Angle ◽  
Spray Cone ◽  
Spray Penetration

In order to better research on the spray characteristics of biodiesel and n-butanol blends, an experimental study of spray characteristics of different fuel mixtures was investigated in a constant volume vessel using high speed photograph method, and analyzed the influence of different proportions of acidic oil biodiesel and n-butanol on the macroscopic parameters of spray penetration, spray cone angle and so on. The results show that with the increase of acidic oil biodiesel ratio, the air entrainment is weakened, spray penetration gradually increases and spray cone angle decreases under the same injection pressure and back pressure. After adding n-butanol in acidic oil biodiesel and diesel mixture fuel, the surrounding air entrainment is enhanced, and spray front end widen. With the increase of mixing ratio, spray penetration increases first, then decreases. The spray cone angle increases after adding n-butanol, and decreases with the increase of mixing ratio. The results show that adding n-butanol can be used as one of the methods to improve biodiesel spray characteristics.

Effects of nozzle geometries and needle lift on steadier string cavitation and larger spray angle in common rail diesel injector

2020 ◽  
pp. 146808742093649
Author(s):  
Zhixia He ◽  
Han Zhou ◽  
Lian Duan ◽  
Min Xu ◽  
Zhou Chen ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Fuel Injection ◽  
Cone Angle ◽  
Common Rail ◽  
Spray Angle ◽  
Injection System ◽  
Three Dimension ◽  
Spray Cone Angle ◽  
Spray Cone ◽  
Hole Position ◽  
Nozzle Hole

The cavitating flow in diesel injector nozzles plays a vital role in spray atomization and formation of fuel–air mixture, since vortex-induced string cavitation has recently been found a much more influence on spray compared to the ordinary geometry-induced film cavitation. In this study, in order to investigating string cavitation and its’ enhancement on spray, the visualization experimental platform for the real-size optical tapered-hole nozzle was built based on the high-pressure common rail fuel injection system. Groups of optical nozzles with different geometries were designed for exploring the couple effects of several nozzle geometric parameters, including nozzle sac chamber depth, nozzle-hole position height and needle lift, on the three-dimension vortex flow structure and then on the string cavitation and spray characteristics. Results indicated that the string cavitation characteristics are tightly associated with couple characteristics of the parameters. The stable and strong string cavitation during the whole injection process can be obtained in the Min-sac nozzle with the high hole position under the low needle lift. The string cavitation extends to the nozzle-hole outlet, and subsequently induces the special hollow cone spray with air in the spray center location and corresponding a larger spray cone angle even under not so high injection pressure.

scholarly journals Experimental Investigation on the Early Stage Spray Characteristics with Biodiesel and Diesel

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shenghao Yu ◽  
Bifeng Yin ◽  
Shuai Wen ◽  
Xifeng Li ◽  
Hekun Jia ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Experimental Investigation ◽  
Early Stage ◽  
Cone Angle ◽  
Injection Pressure ◽  
Mie Scattering ◽  
Scattering Method ◽  
Spray Characteristics ◽  
Spray Cone Angle ◽  
Spray Cone ◽  
Spray Tip Penetration

The early stage spray characteristics have a great impact on the secondary atomization progress, and thus affectthe engine combustion and emission performances. The experimental investigation of the early stage spray behaviors with biodiesel and diesel was carried out by employing a laser-based Mie-scattering method. The results show that the spray tip penetration for biodiesel is higher than that for diesel at the early stage spray under the same injection pressure. Moreover, the early stage spray tip penetration can be longer under high injection pressures for two fuels. Besides, the early stage spray cone angle for biodiesel is narrower than that for diesel, and the spray cone angle is especially higher than biodiesel by 25.8% after start of injection time of 0.01ms. Furthermore, under the same injection condition, the difference of early stage spray area between diesel and biodiesel is not obvious, while the spray volume for biodiesel is larger than that for diesel, and also the sprayvolume can be enlarged by increasing injection pressure for both fuels.DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.4995/ILASS2017.2017.4651

Investigation of the Influence of Injection Rate Shaping on the Spray Characteristics in a Diesel Common Rail System Equipped with a Piston Amplifier

2005 ◽  
Vol 127 (6) ◽  
pp. 1102-1110 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. Benajes ◽  
R. Payri ◽  
S. Molina ◽  
V. Soare
Keyword(s):  
Cone Angle ◽  
Injection Pressure ◽  
Injection Rate ◽  
Common Rail ◽  
Injection System ◽  
Common Rail System ◽  
Spray Cone Angle ◽  
Spray Cone ◽  
Common Rail Injection System ◽  
Common Rail Injection

The quality of the mixing process of fuel and air in a direct injection diesel engine relies heavily on the way the spray develops when injected into the combustion chamber. Among other factors, the spray development depends on the injection rate of the fuel delivered by the injector. The paper presents a study, at both a macroscopic and microscopic level, of a Diesel spray generated by a common-rail injection system featuring a piston pressure amplifier. By modifying the timing and the duration of the injector and amplifier piston actuation, it is possible to obtain high injection pressures up to 180MPa, and different shapes for the injection rate, which would not be achievable with a regular common rail injection system. The spray evolution produced by three different injection rate shapes (square, ramp, and boot) has been investigated in an injection test rig, by means of visualization and PDPA techniques, at different injection conditions. The main conclusions are the important effect on spray penetration of the initial injection rate evolution and the small influence of the maximum injection pressure attained at the end of the injection event. Smaller or even negligible effects have been found on the spray cone angle and on the droplet Sauter mean diameter.

Experimental Study of the Spray Characteristics of n-Butanol/Diesel Blends

2014 ◽  
Vol 960-961 ◽  
pp. 1394-1399
Author(s):  
Jian Wu ◽  
Li Li Zhu ◽  
Zhan Cheng Wang ◽  
Bin Xu ◽  
Hong Ming Wang
Keyword(s):  
High Speed ◽  
Ambient Pressure ◽  
Cone Angle ◽  
Injection Pressure ◽  
Spray Characteristics ◽  
Spray Cone Angle ◽  
Spray Cone ◽  
Spray Penetration ◽  
Fuel Blends ◽  
Area Increase

we studied the spray characteristics of n-butanol/diesel fuel blends using a high-speed camera and schlieren system, and analyzed the effect of different fuels, ambient pressure and injection pressure conditions on the spray penetration, spray cone angle, spray area, et al. The results showed that, at the same injection pressure, as the increase of ambient pressure, the spray cone angle of the same volume of fuel increases gradually, the spray penetration and the spray area decreases; under the same ambient pressure, the spray penetration, spray cone angle and spray area increase gradually with the increasing injection pressure, but when the injection pressure increases enough, the parameters are roughly the same; and the parameters basically all increase with the adding of n-butanol.

Spray Characteristics of Diesel and Biodiesel Fuels for Various Injection Timings under Non Evaporating Conditions

2015 ◽  
Vol 787 ◽  
pp. 682-686 ◽  
Author(s):  
P. Raghu ◽  
N. Nallusamy ◽  
Pitchandi Kasivisvanathan
Keyword(s):  
Methyl Ester ◽  
Diesel Fuel ◽  
Alternative Fuels ◽  
Internal Combustion Engines ◽  
Cone Angle ◽  
Spray Characteristics ◽  
Spray Cone Angle ◽  
Spray Cone ◽  
Spray Tip Penetration ◽  
Biodiesel Fuels

Fuel spray and atomization characteristics play a vital role in the performance of internal combustion engines. Petroleum fuels are expected to be depleted within a few decades, finding alternative fuels that are economically viable to replace the petroleum fuel has attracted much research attention. In this work spray characteristics such as spray tip penetration, spray cone angle and spray area were investigated for Karanja oil methyl ester (KOME), Jatropha oil methyl ester (JOME) and diesel fuel. The KOME and JOME sprays were characterized and compared with diesel sprays at different injection timings. The macroscopic spray properties were acquired from the images captured by a high speed video camera employing shadowgraphic and image processing techniques in a spray chamber. The experimental results showed that biodiesel fuels had different features compared with diesel fuel after start of injection (ASOI). Longer spray tip penetration, larger spray area and smaller spray cone angle were observed for biodiesel (JOME, KOME) due to its higher density and viscosity than that of diesel fuel.

scholarly journals Experimental Study of Spray Characteristics of Kerosene-Ethanol Blends from a Pressure-Swirl Nozzle

2018 ◽  
Vol 2018 ◽  
pp. 1-14 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tao Zhang ◽  
Bo Dong ◽  
Xun Zhou ◽  
Linan Guan ◽  
Weizhong Li ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Discharge Coefficient ◽  
Cone Angle ◽  
Injection Pressure ◽  
Spray Characteristics ◽  
Spray Cone Angle ◽  
Spray Cone ◽  
Breakup Length ◽  
Ethanol Blends ◽  
Pressure Swirl ◽  
Spray Velocity

Partial replacement of kerosene by ethanol in a gas turbine is regarded as a good way to improve the spray quality and reduce the fossil energy consumption. The present work is aimed at studying the spray characteristics of kerosene-ethanol blends discharging from a pressure-swirl nozzle. The spray cone angle, discharge coefficient, breakup length, and velocity distribution are obtained by particle image velocimetry, while droplet size is acquired by particle/droplet imaging analysis. Kerosene, E10 (10% ethanol, 90% kerosene), E20 (20% ethanol, 80% kerosene), and E30 (30% ethanol, 70% kerosene) have been considered under the injection pressure of 0.1–1 MPa. The results show that as injection pressure is increased, the discharge coefficient and breakup length decrease, while the spray cone angle, drop size, and spray velocity increase. Meanwhile, the drop size decreases and the spray velocity increases with ethanol concentration when the injection pressure is lower than 0.8 MPa. However, the spray characteristics are not affected obviously by the ethanol concentration when the injection pressure exceeds 0.8 MPa. A relation to breakup length for kerosene-ethanol blends is obtained. The findings demonstrate that the adding of ethanol into kerosene can promote atomization performance.

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