Liquid Film Formation by an Impinging Jet in a High-Velocity Air Stream

2009 ◽  
Author(s):  
Timothy Shedd ◽  
May Corn ◽  
Jeffrey Cohen ◽  
Marco Arienti ◽  
Marios Soteriou
Keyword(s):  
Liquid Film ◽  
High Velocity ◽  
Film Formation ◽  
Impinging Jet ◽  
Air Stream

scholarly journals Impingement characteristics of an early injection gasoline direct injection engine: A numerical study

2016 ◽  
Vol 18 (4) ◽  
pp. 378-393 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nicholas J Beavis ◽  
Salah S Ibrahim ◽  
Weeratunge Malalasekera
Keyword(s):  
Liquid Film ◽  
Film Formation ◽  
Direct Injection ◽  
Cylinder Liner ◽  
Gasoline Direct Injection ◽  
Intake Valve ◽  
Direct Injection Engine ◽  
Gasoline Direct Injection Engine ◽  
Start Of Injection ◽  
Early Injection

This article describes the use of a Lagrangian discrete droplet model to evaluate the liquid fuel impingement characteristics on the internal surfaces of an early injection gasoline direct injection engine. This study focuses on fuel impingement on the intake valve and cylinder liner between start of injection and 20° after start of injection using both a single- and a multi-component fuels. The single-component fuel used was iso-octane and the multi-component fuel contained fractions of iso-pentane, iso-octane and n-decane to represent the light, medium and heavy fuel fractions of gasoline, respectively. A detailed description of the impingement and liquid film modelling approach is also provided. Fuel properties, wall surface temperature and droplet Weber number and Laplace number were used to quantify the impingement regime for different fuel fractions and correlated well with the predicted onset of liquid film formation. Evidence of film stripping was seen from the liquid film formed on the side of the intake valve head with subsequent ejected droplets being a likely source of unburned hydrocarbons and particulate matter emissions. Differences in impingement location and subsequent location of liquid film formation were also observed between single- and multi-component fuels. A qualitative comparison with experimental cylinder liner impingement data showed the model to well predict the timing and positioning of the liner fuel impingement.

The Influence of Liquid Film Thickness on Airblast Atomization

1980 ◽  
Vol 102 (3) ◽  
pp. 706-710 ◽  
Author(s):  
N. K. Rizk ◽  
A. H. Lefebvre
Keyword(s):  
Film Thickness ◽  
Liquid Film ◽  
Drop Size ◽  
Porous Plate ◽  
Liquid Films ◽  
Liquid Sheet ◽  
Liquid Film Thickness ◽  
Air Stream ◽  
And Control ◽  
The Relationship

The influence of initial liquid film thickness on mean drop size and drop-size distribution was examined using two specially designed airblast atomizers. Both were constructed to produce a flat liquid sheet across the centerline of a two-dimensional air duct with the liquid sheet exposed on both sides to high velocity air. In one case a thin film of uniform thickness was produced by injecting the liquid through a porous plate located just upstream of the atomizing edge. The film thickness, t, was then measured by a needle contact device. In the second design the fuel entered the air stream through a thin slot whose height could be adjusted accurately to vary and control the initial film thickness. Drop sizes were measured by the well-established light-scattering technique. From analysis of the processes involved, and from correlation of the experimental data, it was found that high values of liquid viscosity and liquid flow rate result in thicker films. It was also observed that thinner liquid films produce better atomization, according to the relationship, SMD ∝ t0.38.

An Experimental and Theoretical study of Lubricant flow rate in Static, Grooved, Rectangular Thrust Bearings

1982 ◽  
Vol 24 (1) ◽  
pp. 21-29 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. J. Hargreaves ◽  
C. M. Taylor
Keyword(s):  
Liquid Film ◽  
Flow Rate ◽  
Theoretical Study ◽  
Film Formation ◽  
Research Programme ◽  
Journal Bearings ◽  
Thrust Bearings ◽  
Rate Prediction ◽  
Lubricant Flow ◽  
Lubricant Films

The work to be described here was undertaken in the preliminary stages of a research programme designed to study the true extent of lubricant films in non-stationary, grooved, rectangular thrust bearings. In such externally pressurized bearings an air-lubricant interface may be formed. The study of this interface was seen as a useful step in a consideration of film formation and flow rate prediction in liquid film journal bearings.

A Theory of Liquid Film Formation

1929 ◽  
Vol 21 (9) ◽  
pp. 815-817 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. W. Foulk
Keyword(s):  
Liquid Film ◽  
Film Formation

Nonboiling Heat Transfer and Friction of Air/Water Mist Flow in a Square Duct With Orthogonal Ribs

2017 ◽  
Vol 9 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Yi-Hsuan Huang ◽  
Chiao-Hsin Chen ◽  
Yao-Hsien Liu
Keyword(s):  
Heat Transfer ◽  
Liquid Film ◽  
Heat Transfer Enhancement ◽  
Film Formation ◽  
Heated Surface ◽  
Air Flow ◽  
Water Mist ◽  
Air Cooling ◽  
Transfer Enhancement ◽  
Mist Flow

Heat transfer of air/water mist flow in a single-side heated vertical duct was experimentally investigated. The mist flow was produced by introducing fine dispersed water droplets into the air stream, and the water–air mass flow ratios were up to 15%. The Reynolds numbers of the air flow were 7900, 16,000, and 24,000. The rib spacing-to-height ratios were 10 and 20 in the current study. Mist flow cooling achieved higher heat transfer rates mainly because of the droplet deposition and liquid film formation on the heated surface. The heat transfer enhancement on the smooth surface by the mist flow was 4–6 times as high as the air flow. On the ribbed surface, a smaller rib spacing of 10 was preferred for air cooling, since the heat transfer enhancement by the flow reattachment was better utilized. However, the rib-induced secondary flow blew away the liquid films on the surface, and the heat transfer enhancement was degraded near the reattachment region for the mist cooling. A larger rib spacing-to-height ratio of 20 thus achieved higher heat transfer because of the liquid film formation beyond the reattachment region. The heat transfer enhancement on the ribbed surface using mist flow was 2.5–3.5 times as high as the air flow. The friction factor of the mist flow was two times as high as the air flow in the ribbed duct.

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