Experimental Investigation on Auto-Ignition Characteristics of Kerosene Spray Flames

To facilitate the better use of RP-3 kerosene in compression ignition engines, the auto-ignition behaviors of RP-3 kerosene spray were experimentally investigated in an optical rapid compression machine. Results show that most of the tests have good ignitability and combustion performance. For all t...

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Main Authors: Zhaoming Mai, Yang Liu, Chenglong Tang, Zuohua Huang
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Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2022-07-01
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2075-1702/10/8/601
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Yang Liu
Chenglong Tang
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description To facilitate the better use of RP-3 kerosene in compression ignition engines, the auto-ignition behaviors of RP-3 kerosene spray were experimentally investigated in an optical rapid compression machine. Results show that most of the tests have good ignitability and combustion performance. For all the successful ignited cases, the flame kernel was found to be formed before the steep rise of pressure, which explained that image-based ignition delay time is always shorter than the pressure-based ignition delay time. The effects of ambient environment, injection pressure, and injection delay time on the pressure history, ignition intensity, combustion duration, heat release rate, and other parameters were investigated individually. The ambient environment has a strong influence on ignition delay time by accelerating the chemical reactions, whereas the high injection pressure helps the better vaporization of fuel spray. The effect of injection delay time is non-monotonic as the trade-off relation between heat loss and blending of fuel and oxygen. The heat release rate histories under different conditions were compared and analyzed, and the two-stage heat release phenomenon was observed in the negative temperature coefficient region. The ignition intensity region was determined based on the measured ignition delay times of RP-3 kerosene spray, and multiple linear regression correlation was used to study the ignition delay time sensitivity to multi-factors.
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spelling doaj.art-ed81331963b74e40b4d35feb0d844f6e2023-12-03T13:59:23ZengMDPI AGMachines2075-17022022-07-0110860110.3390/machines10080601Experimental Investigation on Auto-Ignition Characteristics of Kerosene Spray FlamesZhaoming Mai0Yang Liu1Chenglong Tang2Zuohua Huang3State Key Laboratory of Multiphase Flow and Power Engineering, Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an 710049, ChinaBYD Auto Industry Company Limited, Shenzhen 518118, ChinaState Key Laboratory of Multiphase Flow and Power Engineering, Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an 710049, ChinaState Key Laboratory of Multiphase Flow and Power Engineering, Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an 710049, ChinaTo facilitate the better use of RP-3 kerosene in compression ignition engines, the auto-ignition behaviors of RP-3 kerosene spray were experimentally investigated in an optical rapid compression machine. Results show that most of the tests have good ignitability and combustion performance. For all the successful ignited cases, the flame kernel was found to be formed before the steep rise of pressure, which explained that image-based ignition delay time is always shorter than the pressure-based ignition delay time. The effects of ambient environment, injection pressure, and injection delay time on the pressure history, ignition intensity, combustion duration, heat release rate, and other parameters were investigated individually. The ambient environment has a strong influence on ignition delay time by accelerating the chemical reactions, whereas the high injection pressure helps the better vaporization of fuel spray. The effect of injection delay time is non-monotonic as the trade-off relation between heat loss and blending of fuel and oxygen. The heat release rate histories under different conditions were compared and analyzed, and the two-stage heat release phenomenon was observed in the negative temperature coefficient region. The ignition intensity region was determined based on the measured ignition delay times of RP-3 kerosene spray, and multiple linear regression correlation was used to study the ignition delay time sensitivity to multi-factors.https://www.mdpi.com/2075-1702/10/8/601RP-3 kerosenerapid compression machinespray combustionignition delay time
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Yang Liu
Chenglong Tang
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Experimental Investigation on Auto-Ignition Characteristics of Kerosene Spray Flames
Machines
RP-3 kerosene
rapid compression machine
spray combustion
ignition delay time
title Experimental Investigation on Auto-Ignition Characteristics of Kerosene Spray Flames
title_full Experimental Investigation on Auto-Ignition Characteristics of Kerosene Spray Flames
title_fullStr Experimental Investigation on Auto-Ignition Characteristics of Kerosene Spray Flames
title_full_unstemmed Experimental Investigation on Auto-Ignition Characteristics of Kerosene Spray Flames
title_short Experimental Investigation on Auto-Ignition Characteristics of Kerosene Spray Flames
title_sort experimental investigation on auto ignition characteristics of kerosene spray flames
topic RP-3 kerosene
rapid compression machine
spray combustion
ignition delay time
url https://www.mdpi.com/2075-1702/10/8/601
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