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Numerical investigation of the impact of fuel temperature on spray characteristics in a pressure-swirl atomizer with spiral path

Kiumars Khani Aminjan1( )Mehdi Sedaghat2Milad Heidari3Morteza Khashehchi4Kazem Mohammadzadeh5Mohammad Salahinezhad6Rahim Bina7( )
Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, University of Guilan, P.O. Box 3756-41635, Rasht, Iran
Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, K.N. Toosi University of Technology, Tehran 19991-43344, Iran
Mechanical Engineering Department, Global College of Engineering and Technology (GCET), P.O. Box 2546 CPO Ruwi 112, Muscat, Sultanate of Oman
Systems Engineering Department, Military Technological College, Muscat, Sultanate of Oman
Department of Mechanical Engineering, Arak University of Technology, Arak 3818146763, Iran
Faculty of Mechanical Engineering. Islamic Azad University, Sari Branch, Sari 48164-194, Iran
Department of Mechanical Engineering, Shahid Chamran University, Ahvaz 6135783151, Iran
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Abstract

In this study, a pressure-swirl device with a spiral path was designed, built, and tested at various inlet pressures, and the experimental results were used to verify the accuracy of the numerical solution. Finally, we conducted a numerical investigation on the impact of fuel temperature on kerosene spray at four different temperatures: 243 K (approximately 10 degrees below the freezing point), 273 K (approximately equidistant between the freezing and flash point temperatures), 300 K (approximately 10 degrees below the flash point temperature), and 324 K (within the temperature range of the flash point). The simulation conditions, including a fixed mass flow rate of 10 gr/s, remained constant across all four cases, with the only variable being fuel temperature. The results indicate that as the fuel temperature increased, the spray angle increased by 45.27%. Furthermore, the most significant changes in the discharge coefficient were observed between temperatures of 273 and 324 K, leading to an increase of 18.01% in the discharge coefficient. Furthermore, within the liquid state range of the fuel, increasing the temperature resulted in a decrease in the Sauter mean diameter (SMD), while within the vapor state range, increasing the temperature led to an increase in the SMD. Additionally the pressure drop, discharge coefficient, and SMD of the spray are similar at temperatures of 243 and 324 K.

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Aminjan KK, Sedaghat M, Heidari M, et al. Numerical investigation of the impact of fuel temperature on spray characteristics in a pressure-swirl atomizer with spiral path. Experimental and Computational Multiphase Flow, 2024, 6(4): 428-445. https://doi.org/10.1007/s42757-024-0198-x

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Received: 10 December 2023
Revised: 01 February 2024
Accepted: 12 March 2024
Published: 28 August 2024
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