A comparative study on combustion characteristics of PPC and RCCI combustion modes in an optical engine with renewable fuels

P Wu, T Xuan, Z He, Z Shao, Q Wang, R Payri - Fuel, 2025 - Elsevier
Application of renewable fuels in compression ignition engines provides one solution to
reduce greenhouse gas emission in heavy-duty transportation sector. However, it is a big …

Assessment of turbulence and cavitation models in prediction of vortex induced cavitating flow in fuel injector nozzles

Z He, W Guan, C Wang, G Guo, L Zhang… - International Journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
Vortex-induced cavitation develops in high pressure fuel injector equipment in areas where
despite the very high surrounding pressures (> 100 MPa), the rotational motion of the fluid …

Experimental study of the effect of hydrotreated vegetable oil and oxymethylene ethers on main spray and combustion characteristics under engine combustion …

JV Pastor, JM García-Oliver, C Micó… - Applied Sciences, 2020 - mdpi.com
Featured Application This work contributes to the understanding of the macroscopic
characteristics of the spray as well as to the evolution of the combustion process for …

The properties of sustainable aviation fuel I: Spray characteristics

JK Lin, W Abi Nurazaq, WC Wang - Energy, 2023 - Elsevier
This study measures the spray penetration, spray angle and spray volume of sustainable
aviation fuel (SAF) experimentally using an optical constant volume combustion chamber …

Investigations on interactions between vortex flow and the induced string cavitation characteristics in real-size diesel tapered-hole nozzles

W Guan, Z He, L Zhang, G Guo, T Cao, X Leng - Fuel, 2021 - Elsevier
An experimental and computational study was carried out to investigate the characteristics of
vortex-induced string-type cavitation in the real-size diesel tapered-hole injector nozzle. A …

Experimental study of spray characteristics of diesel/hydrogenated catalytic biodiesel blended fuels under inert and reacting conditions

W Zhong, P Tamilselvan, Q Wang, Z He, H Feng, X Yu - Energy, 2018 - Elsevier
Biodiesel has the potential to replace the conventional diesel fuel, thus the increasing
interest and research in the use of biodiesel fuels for transport applications to improve the …

A study of soot quantification in diesel flame with hydrogenated catalytic biodiesel in a constant volume combustion chamber

T Xuan, J Cao, Z He, Q Wang, W Zhong, X Leng, D Li… - Energy, 2018 - Elsevier
In this work, diffused back-illumination extinction imaging and OH* chemiluminescence
imaging were employed simultaneously to measure the soot production, spray liquid length …

Experimental study of ignition, lift-off length and emission characteristics of diesel/hydrogenated catalytic biodiesel blends

W Zhong, T Pachiannan, Z He, T Xuan, Q Wang - Applied Energy, 2019 - Elsevier
The fundamental research on ignition and combustion characteristics of a new blended fuel
(diesel/Hydrogenated Catalytic Biodiesel) was investigated in a constant volume …

Recent studies of fuels used in Wankel rotary engines

P Otchere, J Pan, B Fan… - Journal of Energy …, 2021 - asmedigitalcollection.asme.org
During the decades past, the engine industries have witnessed a remarkable upsurge in the
research and development (R&D) of modern technologies due to factors such as energy …

Experimental study on spray and combustion of gasoline/hydrogenated catalytic biodiesel blends in a constant volume combustion chamber aimed for GCI engines

W Zhong, B Li, Z He, T Xuan, P Lu, Q Wang - Fuel, 2019 - Elsevier
GCI combustion mode has become an interesting topic for high thermal efficiency and low
emissions, while ignition problem and knocking combustion limited its application. The …