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Numerical Simulations of Turbulent Sprays with a Multicomponent Evaporation Model

Title: 

Numerical Simulations of Turbulent Sprays with a Multicomponent Evaporation Model

Year of Publication:

2013

Authors:

Srivastava, S, Schock, H, Jaberi, F

Abstract:

A multicomponent droplet evaporation model which discretizes the one-dimensional mass and temperature profiles inside a droplet with a finite volume method has been developed and implemented into a large-eddy simulation ({LES)} model for spray simulations. The {LES} and multicomponent models were used along with the {KH-RT} secondary droplet breakup model to simulate realistic fuel sprays in a closed vessel. The effect of various spray and ambient gas parameters on the liquid penetration length of different single component and multicomponent fuels was investigated. The numerical results indicate that the spray penetration length decreases non-linearly with increasing gas temperature or pressure and is less sensitive to changes in ambient gas conditions at higher temperatures or pressures. The spray models and {LES} were found to predict the experimental results for n-hexadecane and two multicomponent surrogate diesel fuels reasonably well.

URL:

http://papers.sae.org/2013-01-1603/