Abstract
A new algorithm for the auto-selection of quasi-components and components (QC/Cs) in the ‘multi-dimensional quasi-discrete’ model is suggested. This algorithm is applied to the analysis of heating and evaporation of multi-component fuel droplets. It allows one to automatically select QC/Cs and update the initial selection during droplet evaporation. The new algorithm is expected to be applicable to the analysis of a wide range of fuels and fuel blends. It can be directly implemented into CFD codes with minimal intervention by end- user. Using this algorithm, the effects of transient diffusion of species on droplet lifetimes are investigated for mixtures of Diesel and E85 (85% vol. ethanol and 15% vol. gasoline) fuels. It is shown that the new algorithm can reduce the analysis of the E85-Diesel fuel droplets, taking into account the contributions of up to119 components at the initial stage of heating and evaporation, to that based on 5 QC/Cs, near the end of droplet evaporation, with up to 1.9% errors in predicted droplet temperatures and radii. The CPU time needed to perform calculations using the new algorithm is shown to be 80% less than that when considering the full composition of fuel.
| Original language | English |
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| Article number | 120245 |
| Pages (from-to) | 1-11 |
| Number of pages | 11 |
| Journal | Fuel |
| Volume | 294 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 19 Mar 2021 |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:The authors are grateful to the Institute for Future Transport and Cities, Coventry University, UK (Project Ref. ECR019) (M.A., N.A.) and EPSRC, UK (Grant no. EP/M002608/1) (S.S.S.) for their financial support.
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© 2021 Elsevier Ltd
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Keywords
- Auto-selection algorithm
- Evaporation
- Fuel blends
- Heating
- Multi-component
- Quasi-components
- Multi-component fuels