SYNOPSIS The air fuel mixing process in the high swirl open chamber diesel engine is simulated by a steady state gas jet injected into a steady air swirl flow. The results from the simulation show good agreement with engine studies using high speed photography.
An attempt to quantify fuel dispersion has been made through the introduction of a mixing parameter, which allows for combustion system geometry in addition to fuel jet and air swirl momenta.
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