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 language | English |
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Title of host publication | International Conference on Heat Transfer and Applications |
Place of Publication | London |
Publisher | World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology |
Pages | 46-49 |
Number of pages | 4 |
Volume | 9 |
Publication status | Published - 30 Jan 2015 |
Event | International Conference on Heat Transfer and Applications - London, January, 19-20, 2015 Duration: 30 Jan 2015 → … |
Publication series
Name | International Journal of Mechanical, Aerospace, Industrial and Mechatronics Engineering |
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Conference
Conference | International Conference on Heat Transfer and Applications |
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Period | 30/01/15 → … |
Bibliographical note
Published under a Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) licenseKeywords
- Heat/Mass Transfer
- Biodiesel
- Multi-component Fuel
- Droplet
- Evaporation
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Cyril Crua
- School of Arch, Tech and Eng - Visiting Professor
- Advanced Engineering Centre
Person: Visiting Scholar, Academic
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Sergei Sazhin
- School of Arch, Tech and Eng - Professor of Thermal Physics
- Advanced Engineering Centre
Person: Academic