Modeling of turbulent dilute spray combustion

P Jenny, D Roekaerts, N Beishuizen - Progress in Energy and Combustion …, 2012 - Elsevier
In a real turbulent spray flame, dispersion, continuous phase turbulence modification,
dispersed phase inter-particle collisions, evaporation, mixing and combustion occur …

Choice of urea-spray models in CFD simulations of urea-SCR systems

H Ström, A Lundström, B Andersson - Chemical engineering journal, 2009 - Elsevier
The sensitivity of modeling choices to obtained results for Eulerian–Lagrangian CFD
simulations of urea-SCR systems has been investigated for a system consisting of an …

Predicting the evaporation rate of stationary droplets with the VOF methodology for a wide range of ambient temperature conditions

G Strotos, I Malgarinos, N Nikolopoulos… - International Journal of …, 2016 - Elsevier
This paper presents CFD predictions for the evaporation of nearly spherical suspended
droplets for ambient temperatures in the range 0.56 up to 1.62 of the critical fuel …

[HTML][HTML] interThermalPhaseChangeFoam—A framework for two-phase flow simulations with thermally driven phase change

M Nabil, AS Rattner - SoftwareX, 2016 - Elsevier
The volume-of-fluid (VOF) approach is a mature technique for simulating two-phase flows.
However, VOF simulation of phase-change heat transfer is still in its infancy. Multiple closure …

Numerical investigation of the spray–mesh–turbulence interactions for high-pressure, evaporating sprays at engine conditions

T Lucchini, G D'Errico, D Ettorre - International Journal of Heat and Fluid …, 2011 - Elsevier
This work presents a numerical methodology to simulate evaporating, high pressure Diesel
sprays using the Eulerian–Lagrangian approach. Specific sub-models were developed to …

A thermal fluid dynamics framework applied to multi-component substrates experiencing fusion and vaporisation state transitions

TF Flint, L Scotti, HC Basoalto, MC Smith - Communications Physics, 2020 - nature.com
The fluid dynamics of multi-component alloy systems subjected to high energy density
sources of heat largely determines the local composition, microstructure, and material …

Development of a quasi-dimensional vaporization model for multi-component fuels focusing on forced convection and high temperature conditions

P Yi, W Long, M Jia, J Tian, B Li - International Journal of Heat and Mass …, 2016 - Elsevier
A new quasi-dimensional multi-component vaporization model considering the finite thermal
conductivity and mass diffusivity within the droplet was constructed. First, the heat flux of …

Numerical characterization of multi-nozzle spray cooling

Y Hou, Y Tao, X Huai, Z Guo - Applied Thermal Engineering, 2012 - Elsevier
This work aims to study the characteristics of multi-nozzle spray cooling using CFD method
based on the fundamentals of air flow and liquid droplet collision dynamics. A mathematical …

Numerical investigation of aerodynamic droplet breakup in a high temperature gas environment

G Strotos, I Malgarinos, N Nikolopoulos, M Gavaises - Fuel, 2016 - Elsevier
Abstract The Navier–Stokes equations, energy and vapor transport equations coupled with
the VOF methodology and a vaporization rate model are numerically solved to predict …

Grid dependence of evaporation rates in Euler–Lagrange simulations of dilute sprays

M Sontheimer, A Kronenburg, OT Stein - Combustion and Flame, 2021 - Elsevier
The present study addresses the grid dependence of evaporation rates in the context of
Euler-Lagrange simulations and presents error estimates as a function of characteristic …