Physics-based reduced-order modeling of flash-boiling sprays in the context of internal combustion engines
Physics-based reduced-order modeling of flash-boiling sprays in the context of internal combustion engines
Flash-boiling injection is one of the most effective ways to accomplish improved atomization compared to the high-pressure injection strategy. The tiny droplets formed via flash-boiling lead to fast fuel-air mixing and can subsequently improve combustion performance in engines. Most of the previous studies related to the topic focused on modeling flash-boiling sprays using three-dimensional (3D) computational fluid dynamics (CFD) techniques such as direct numerical simulations (DNS), large-eddy simulations (LES), and Reynolds-averaged Navier-Stokes (RANS) simulations. However, reduced order models can have significant advantages for applications such as the design of experiments, screening novel fuel candidates, and creating digital twins, for instance, because of the lower computational cost. In this study, the previously developed cross-sectionally averaged spray (CAS) model is thus extended for use in simulations of flash-boiling sprays. The present CAS model incorporates several physical submodels in flash-boiling sprays such as those for air entrainment, drag, superheated droplet evaporation, flash-boiling induced breakup, and aerodynamic breakup models. The CAS model is then applied to different fuels to investigate macroscopic spray characteristics such as liquid and vapor penetration lengths under flash-boiling conditions. It is found that the newly developed CAS model captures the trends in global flash-boiling spray characteristics reasonably well for different operating conditions and fuels. Moreover, the CAS model is shown to be faster by up to four orders of magnitude compared with simulations of 3D flash-boiling sprays. The model can be useful for many practical applications as a reduced-order flash-boiling model to perform low-cost computational representations of higher-order complex phenomena.
Bubble dynamics, Bubble growth, Bubble–bubble interactions, E-fuels, Flash boiling, Reduced-order model
Saha, A.
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Deshmukh, A.Y.
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Grenga, T.
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Pitsch, H.
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20 November 2023
Saha, A.
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Deshmukh, A.Y.
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Grenga, T.
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Pitsch, H.
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Saha, A., Deshmukh, A.Y., Grenga, T. and Pitsch, H.
(2023)
Physics-based reduced-order modeling of flash-boiling sprays in the context of internal combustion engines.
International Journal of Multiphase Flow, 171, [104673].
(doi:10.48550/arXiv.2307.03722).
Abstract
Flash-boiling injection is one of the most effective ways to accomplish improved atomization compared to the high-pressure injection strategy. The tiny droplets formed via flash-boiling lead to fast fuel-air mixing and can subsequently improve combustion performance in engines. Most of the previous studies related to the topic focused on modeling flash-boiling sprays using three-dimensional (3D) computational fluid dynamics (CFD) techniques such as direct numerical simulations (DNS), large-eddy simulations (LES), and Reynolds-averaged Navier-Stokes (RANS) simulations. However, reduced order models can have significant advantages for applications such as the design of experiments, screening novel fuel candidates, and creating digital twins, for instance, because of the lower computational cost. In this study, the previously developed cross-sectionally averaged spray (CAS) model is thus extended for use in simulations of flash-boiling sprays. The present CAS model incorporates several physical submodels in flash-boiling sprays such as those for air entrainment, drag, superheated droplet evaporation, flash-boiling induced breakup, and aerodynamic breakup models. The CAS model is then applied to different fuels to investigate macroscopic spray characteristics such as liquid and vapor penetration lengths under flash-boiling conditions. It is found that the newly developed CAS model captures the trends in global flash-boiling spray characteristics reasonably well for different operating conditions and fuels. Moreover, the CAS model is shown to be faster by up to four orders of magnitude compared with simulations of 3D flash-boiling sprays. The model can be useful for many practical applications as a reduced-order flash-boiling model to perform low-cost computational representations of higher-order complex phenomena.
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Submitted date: 7 July 2023
Accepted/In Press date: 12 November 2023
e-pub ahead of print date: 20 November 2023
Published date: 20 November 2023
Keywords:
Bubble dynamics, Bubble growth, Bubble–bubble interactions, E-fuels, Flash boiling, Reduced-order model
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URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/483946
ISSN: 0301-9322
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