Spray Momentum Flux Novel Estimation Procedure through the Fuel Rate of Injection Using Hydrogenated Fuels with Single Hole Nozzle Diesel Injector

Sustainable means of transport require the innovation or development of propulsive systems more respectful of the environment. Despite current criticism, modern compression-ignition engines are efficient alternatives also in light aviationand surveillance drones (such as small helicopters), as means...

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Autores: Corral Gómez, Flor de Lis Larami, Bracho, G, Armas Vergel, Octavio, Soriano García, José Antonio, Nogueira Goriba, José Ignacio
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2023
País:España
Institución:Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha
Repositorio:RUIdeRA. Repositorio Institucional de la UCLM
OAI Identifier:oai:ruidera.uclm.es:10578/39235
Acceso en línea:https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38144116/
https://hdl.handle.net/10578/39235
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Fluxes
Fossil fuels
Fuels
Redox reactions
Synthetic fuels
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Sumario:Sustainable means of transport require the innovation or development of propulsive systems more respectful of the environment. Despite current criticism, modern compression-ignition engines are efficient alternatives also in light aviationand surveillance drones (such as small helicopters), as means of air transport. Currently, the improvement of the injection, air-fuel mixture formation, and combustion processes using sustainable synthetic fuels, produced from renewable raw materials or by carbon dioxide capture, is a reality. For improving the air-fuel mixture formation inside the combustion chamber, one of the key parameters is knowledge of the spray momentum flux because of its effect on the air entrainement. To measure this parameter is complex. However, the experimental determination of the fuel mass flow rate is a common procedure. The objective of this work is the proposal of a novel but robust methodology for the momentum flux estimation of fuel sprays from measurement of the rate of injection. In this work, single-hole nozzles of 115, 130, and 150 µm in diameter are studied. The implemented methodology is applied to three fuels: a diesel fuel without biodiesel, used as reference, and two sustainable synthetic fuels: a gas to liquid fuel and a hydrotreated vegetable oil. With the fuel injection rates and the simple model proposed, the spray momentum flux is estimated under different operating conditions of a common-rail injection system. The results of the spray momentum flux show a very good precision compared with those experimentally and previouslyobtained with similar fuels but with multihole nozzle. With the method proposed in this work, an adequate forecast of spraymomentum flux is obtained in the case of not having an experimental setup that allows direct measurement of the momentum flux. This study can help investigators for fuel spray modeling with novel and renewable fuels in modern propulsive systems.