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Delivery Evaluation of High Pressure Natural Gas Fuel Injection

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Sustainable Automotive Technologies 2014

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Schlieren high speed videography was employed to ascertain the geometric properties, compressible flow behaviour and the flow field of Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) jets. Axial and radial penetration, velocity, and dispersion have been studied comparatively. Schlieren high speed imaging reveals the dynamic flow behaviour of the delivery event, namely barrel Mach disc formation and mixing at the shear layer alongside other geometrical features; spreading rate, self-similarity, velocity and penetration. New findings of high-pressure gaseous fuel delivery are presented based on observations in a constant-volume chamber that replicates engine conditions. A novel analysis method for characterising structural dynamic properties of the gas jet are also presented alongside a new delivery method.

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  1. School of Aerospace, Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering, RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia

    Thomas Rogers, Prashanth Karra & Petros Lappas

  2. School of Media and Communication, RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia

    Phred Petersen

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  1. Applied Mechanics, Chalmers University of Technology, Goteborg, Sweden

    Ingemar Denbratt

  2. School of Aerospace, Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering, RMIT University, Bundoora, Australia

    Aleksandar Subic

  3. Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Technische Hochschule Ingolstadt, Ingolstadt, Germany

    Jörg Wellnitz

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Rogers, T., Petersen, P., Karra, P., Lappas, P. (2015). Delivery Evaluation of High Pressure Natural Gas Fuel Injection. In: Denbratt, I., Subic, A., Wellnitz, J. (eds) Sustainable Automotive Technologies 2014. Lecture Notes in Mobility. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-17999-5_10

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