Projects
Projects: Projects for Investigator |
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| Reference Number | EP/E047912/1 | |
| Title | Vortex rings in gasoline fuel sprays | |
| Status | Completed | |
| Energy Categories | Energy Efficiency(Transport) 20%; Fossil Fuels: Oil Gas and Coal(Oil and Gas, Oil and gas conversion) 80%; |
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| Research Types | Basic and strategic applied research 100% | |
| Science and Technology Fields | ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY (Mechanical, Aeronautical and Manufacturing Engineering) 100% | |
| UKERC Cross Cutting Characterisation | Not Cross-cutting 100% | |
| Principal Investigator |
Professor S Sazhin No email address given Sch of Engineering University of Brighton |
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| Award Type | Standard | |
| Funding Source | EPSRC | |
| Start Date | 01 June 2007 | |
| End Date | 30 September 2008 | |
| Duration | 16 months | |
| Total Grant Value | £29,493 | |
| Industrial Sectors | Transport Systems and Vehicles | |
| Region | South East | |
| Programme | Materials, Mechanical and Medical Eng | |
| Investigators | Principal Investigator | Professor S Sazhin , Sch of Engineering, University of Brighton (99.998%) |
| Other Investigator | Professor M Heikal , Sch of Engineering, University of Brighton (0.001%) Dr S Begg , Sch of Engineering, University of Brighton (0.001%) |
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| Industrial Collaborator | Project Contact , Ricardo Consulting Engineers Ltd (0.000%) |
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| Objectives | ||
| Abstract | This project aims to investigate the applicability of a theoretical model for vortex rings, developed by Kaplanski and Rudi (2005), to the analysis of vortex rings observed in direct injection gasoline engines. The investigators will also carry out a feasibility study on the further modification of this model, taking into account the effects of multiphase flow. They will also undertake further experimental investigation of vortex rings in these engines with particular emphasis on the essentialparameter values required in order to develop the theoretical model. The project will examine the theoretical predictions of vortex ring properties against the values of typical parameters for gasoline engines which will allow a detailed comparison between the predictions of the model and experimental results to be made. Finally, the team will investigate the feasibility of developing a vortex ring model, capable of predicting the properties of vortex rings in gasoline engines | |
| Publications | (none) |
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| Final Report | (none) |
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| Added to Database | 26/03/07 | |
