Comparing Cavitation in Diesel Injectors Based on Different Modeling Approaches
Date Published: 2004-03-08
Paper Number:2004-01-0027
DOI: 10.4271/2004-01-0027
Citation:
Mulemane, A., Subramaniyam, S., Lu, P., Han, J. et al., "Comparing Cavitation in Diesel Injectors Based on Different Modeling Approaches," SAE Technical Paper 2004-01-0027, 2004, doi:10.4271/2004-01-0027.
Results of Computational Fluid Dynamic (CFD) analyses of different diesel fuel injector nozzle configurations using a commercial CFD code are presented here. The emphasis of this study is on comparing cavitation models available in the commercial code with respect to their mathematical approach. One of the models is a simple single-phase model based on the Barotropic equation of state, while the other model is a two-phase model based on the bubble dynamic considerations. Results are compared for various 3-D diesel injector nozzles using the two cavitation-modeling approaches. Simulation results are observed to substantiate some of the experimentally established facts like; nozzle efficiency improvements by using techniques like rounded orifice inlets and conical orifices. Also, simulation results agree well with the experimental results. Spray characteristics are predicted based on a primary breakup model. Parameters like discharge coefficient,
C
d
and initial amplitude factor,
amp0
are used to characterize the internal flow through the nozzle orifices.
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