Numerical modelling for diesel spray combustion

Thesis

Diesel engines are widely known for their high thermal efficiency, high torque, reliability, durability, fuel economy, and low carbon dioxide emissions in various industrial applications, such as power generation, mass transportation and off-road applications. However, the combination of a stratified air-fuel mixture and a non-premixed flame gives rise to nitrogen oxides (NOx) and particulate matter (PM) emissions for diesel combustion. Studies have shown that diesel engines can achieve ve...

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Authors: Fang, X

• Type of award: DPhil
• Level of award: Doctoral
• Awarding institution: University of Oxford
• Language: English
• Keywords: diesel spray; combustion; conditional source-term estimation; numerical modelling; computational fluid dynamics; manifold reduction
• Subjects: Mechanical Engineering