Journal
JOURNAL OF THERMAL ANALYSIS AND CALORIMETRY
Volume 122, Issue 1, Pages 473-485Publisher
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s10973-015-4735-5
Keywords
Diesel fuel injection; Atomization; Self-ignition; Alternative fuels
Funding
- European Research Project PowerFul FP7 [234032]
- EU
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The paper discusses the issues of the influence of the fuel spray formation on the generation of self-ignition spots and the development of pre-flame processes in the cylinder of a model diesel engine. The investigations were carried out for a standard diesel fuel and two other types of fuel that were mixtures of ethanol, butanol, and diethylether in a variety of proportions. By applying optical methods of analysis, the authors determined the geometrical indexes of the injected fuel spray as well as fuel mass distribution in the longitudinal and transverse cross section of the fuel spray during the injection process. The location and number of the self-ignition spots in the combustion chamber were evaluated on the basis of a comparison under various conditions: in presence of the charge swirl and at the lack of it. Research conducted for the single-cylinder engine confirmed the possibility of the use of diesel-like fuels for compression ignition engines.
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