Ducted fuel injection: Experimental and numerical investigation on fuel spray characteristics, air/fuel mixing and soot mitigation potential

F Millo, A Piano, BP Paradisi, L Postrioti, L Pieracci… - Fuel, 2021 - Elsevier
Enhancing mixture preparation upstream of the premixed autoignition zone is a solution to
reduce soot emission formation in compression ignition engines. With this aim, in recent …

[HTML][HTML] Evaluation of the ducted fuel injection concept for medium duty engines and multi-hole nozzles: An optical analysis

JV Pastor, C Micó, F Lewiski, U Bin-Khalid - Applied Energy, 2024 - Elsevier
Abstract Ducted Fuel Injection (DFI) is a strategy still in development, which has proved to be
effective in reducing soot emissions in compression ignition engines. It works by driving the …

Large eddy simulation of fuel-air mixing process in a convergent-divergent duct spray under non-vaporizing conditions

T Chen, Y An, S Shen, H Shi, Y Pei, K Wang - Fuel, 2023 - Elsevier
The spray mixing process can be improved via straight (ST) duct fuel injection, but there is a
risk of potential heat transfer loss due to prolonged spray tip penetration (STP) and spray …

Ducted fuel injection vs. conventional diesel combustion

CW Nilsen, DE Biles, BF Yraguen, CJ Mueller - SAE International Journal of …, 2021 - JSTOR
Ducted fuel injection (DFI) is a technique to attenuate soot formation in compression ignition
engines relative to conventional diesel combustion (CDC). The concept is to inject fuel …

Numerical study of ducted fuel injection strategy for soot emissions reduction in a heavy-duty diesel engine

Y An, Y Zhang, T Chen, M Shi, Y Wang, Z Su… - Applied Thermal …, 2025 - Elsevier
This study investigates the method of ducted fuel injection (DFI) technology to improve fuel–
air mixing and reduce soot emissions in heavy-duty diesel engines, addressing critical …

[HTML][HTML] Exploiting the potential of large eddy simulations (LES) for ducted fuel injection investigation in non-reacting conditions

C Segatori, A Piano, BP Paradisi, A Bianco… - International Journal of …, 2024 - Elsevier
The diesel combustion research is increasingly focused on ducted fuel injection (DFI), a
promising concept to abate engine-out soot emissions in compression-ignition engines. A …

Determining tolerance requirements for spray-duct alignment in ducted fuel injection

R Şener, G Nyrenstedt, KJ Baumgard… - … Journal of Engine …, 2024 - journals.sagepub.com
Several ducted fuel injection (DFI) studies have highlighted the importance of accuracy in
aligning the duct axis with that of its corresponding spray for optimal effectiveness, as …

Ducted Fuel Injection

F Millo, A Piano, BP Paradisi, C Segatori… - … International Journal of …, 2022 - JSTOR
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 …

[HTML][HTML] Large eddy simulation of soot formation in a ducted fuel injection configuration

JC Ong, M Zhang, MS Jensen, JH Walther - Fuel, 2022 - Elsevier
The aim of this numerical study is to investigate the soot formation processes in a ducted fuel
injection (DFI) spray under engine-like conditions. Furthermore, the effect of the pre-injection …