For better understanding of soot formation and oxidation processes in diesel spray flame, the nanostructure of primary soot particles directly sampled in a diesel spray flame was investigated via High-Resolution Transmission Electron Microscopy (HRTEM). A single-shot diesel spray flame was achieved in a constant volume combustion vessel under diesel-like conditions (Ta=1000K, Pa=2.7 MPa) and a micro-grid for HRTEM observation was directly exposed to the spray flame to thermophoretically sample soot particles onto the grid surface. A preliminary nanostructure investigation was conducted for x500k magnification HRTEM images of soot particles directly sampled in diesel spray flames of Fischer-Tropsch Diesel (FTD) fuel seeded with naphthalene as a representative aromatic substance. A MATLAB code for HRTEM image processing and analysis of lattice fringes within primary soot particles was developed and used to characterize the length, tortuosity and separation of lattice fringes.
Nanostructure Analysis of Primary Soot Particles Directly Sampled in Diesel Spray Flame via HRTEM
Sae Technical Papers
SAE 2012 International Powertrains, Fuels & Lubricants Meeting ; 2012
2012-09-10
Conference paper
English
Nanostructure Analysis of Primary Soot Particles Directly Sampled in Diesel Spray Flame via HRTEM
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