Influence of fuel injector holes diameter on parameters of combustion process in the cylinder of the marine 4-stroke Diesel engine

The paper presents an analysis of the influence of the fuel injector nozzle holes diameter on parameters of the brake-up, evaporation and combustion process in the cylinder of the marine 4-stroke Diesel engine. Presented analysis was prepared in the basis on computational fluid dynamic model. Initial and boundary conditions of the model as well as data used to model validation were collected during the laboratory study. Calculations were conducted for nominal fuel holes diameter equals 0.375mm and diameters increased and decreased by 50μm and 100μm respectively. According to presented results the increase of the diameter of fuel nozzle holes causes the increase of fuel Sauter’s mean diameter in the initial stage of the injection process and the decrease of fuel process evaporation. The result of this phenomenon is the slowdown of the initial stage of the combustion process and the decrease of both pressure and temperature of combustion.

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Opracowanie ze środków MNiSW w ramach umowy 812/P-DUN/2016 na działalność upowszechniającą naukę.