Modelling of Heating and Evaporation of Biodiesel Fuel Droplets

Sergei Sazhin, Mansour Al Qubeissi, Cyril Crua, Morgan Heikal

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Abstract

This paper presents the application of the Discrete Component Model for heating and evaporation to multi-component biodiesel fuel droplets in direct injection internal combustion engines. This model takes into account the effects of temperature gradient, recirculation and species diffusion inside droplets. A distinctive feature of the model used in the analysis is that it is based on the analytical solutions to the temperature and species diffusion equations inside the droplets. Nineteen types of biodiesel fuels are considered. It is shown that a simplistic model, based on the approximation of biodiesel fuel by a single component or ignoring the diffusion of components of biodiesel fuel, leads to noticeable errors in predicted droplet evaporation time and time evolution of droplet surface temperature and radius.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationInternational Conference on Heat Transfer and Applications
Place of PublicationLondon
PublisherWorld Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology
Pages46-49
Number of pages4
Volume9
Publication statusPublished - 30 Jan 2015
EventInternational Conference on Heat Transfer and Applications - London, January, 19-20, 2015
Duration: 30 Jan 2015 → …

Publication series

NameInternational Journal of Mechanical, Aerospace, Industrial and Mechatronics Engineering

Conference

ConferenceInternational Conference on Heat Transfer and Applications
Period30/01/15 → …

Bibliographical note

Published under a Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license

Keywords

  • Heat/Mass Transfer
  • Biodiesel
  • Multi-component Fuel
  • Droplet
  • Evaporation

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