Ducted Fuel Injection (DFI) is a recently developed concept to curtail soot formation in diesel flames and based on fuel injection along the axis of a small cylindrical pipe within the combustion chamber, enhancing mixture preparation upstream the autoignition zone. Experimental observations have shown a remarkable DFI effectiveness in soot mitigation; however, the mechanisms enabled by duct adoption are not yet fully clear, especially when different duct geometries are considered. This article proposes an experiment-simulation coupled approach for the analysis of DFI in a constant volume vessel, operating in both non-reacting and reacting conditions. In particular, a previously calibrated three-dimensional computational fluid dynamics (3D-CFD) spray model was further validated against experimental liquid penetration considering different duct geometries, proving its reliability for testing duct geometrical variations. Afterward, the validated spray model was employed to investigate the influence of the main geometrical features (stand-off distance, duct length and diameter, inlet and outlet shape) on the ducted spray characteristics and on the combustion and emissions formation processes. The reduction of both stand-off distance and duct length, up to the flow area limit in which the air entrainment is almost zeroed, leads to the best soot mitigation performance. Furthermore, a chamfer at the duct inlet enhances the duct adoption benefits due to improved air entrainment, confirming previous experimental observations. Thereby, it was possible to figure out an optimal duct configuration in terms of soot emission minimization by evaluating air entrainment and turbulent mixing at duct inlet and outlet, and flame lift-off length, achieving a soot mass curtailing of more than an order of magnitude.


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    Title :

    Ducted Fuel Injection: A Numerical Soot-Targeted Duct Geometry Optimization


    Additional title:

    Sae Int. J. Engines



    Published in:

    Publication date :

    2021-09-14


    Size :

    21 pages




    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English




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