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X-Ray Radiography and CFD Studies of the Spray G Injector
Technical Paper
2016-01-0858
ISSN: 0148-7191, e-ISSN: 2688-3627
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The salient features of modern gasoline direct injection include cavitation, flash boiling, and plume/plume interaction, depending on the operating conditions. These complex phenomena make the prediction of the spray behavior particularly difficult. The present investigation combines mass-based experimental diagnostics with an advanced, in-house modeling capability in order to provide a multi-faceted study of the Engine Combustion Network’s Spray G injector. First, x-ray tomography is used to distinguish the actual injector geometry from the nominal geometry used in past works. The actual geometry is used as the basis of multidimensional CFD simulations which are compared to x-ray radiography measurements for validation under cold conditions. The influence of nozzle diameter and corner radius are of particular interest. Next, the model is used to simulate flash-boiling conditions, in order to understand how the cold flow behavior corresponds to flashing performance.
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Strek, P., Duke, D., Swantek, A., Kastengren, A. et al., "X-Ray Radiography and CFD Studies of the Spray G Injector," SAE Technical Paper 2016-01-0858, 2016, https://doi.org/10.4271/2016-01-0858.Also In
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