Coal-water slurry spray characteristics of an electronically-controlled accumulator fuel injection system
- Texas A and M Univ., College Station, TX (United States). Dept. of Mechanical Engineering
Experiments have been complete to characterize coal-water slurry sprays from a electronically-controlled accumulator fuel injection system of diesel engine. The sprays were injected into a pressurized chamber equipped with windows. High speed movies, fuel pressures and needle lifts were obtained as a function of time, orifice diameter, coal loading, gas density in the chamber, and accumulator fuel pressure. For the base conditions 50% (by mass) coal loading, 0.4 mm diameter nozzle hole, coal-water slurry pressure of 82 MPa (12,000 psi), and a chamber density of 25 kg/m{sup 3}, the break-up time was 0. 30 ms. An empirical correlation for both spray tip penetration and initial jet velocity was developed. For the conditions of this study, the spray tip penetration and initial jet velocity were 15% greater for coal-water slurry than for diesel fuel or water. Cone angles of the sprays were dependent on the operating conditions and fluid, as well as the time and locations of the measurement. The time-averaged cone angle for the base case conditions was 13.6{degree}. Results of this study and the correlation are specific to the tested coal-water slurry and are not general for other coal-water slurry fuels.
- Research Organization:
- General Electric Co., Erie, PA (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC21-88MC23174
- OSTI ID:
- 10136522
- Report Number(s):
- DOE/MC/23174-94/C0323; CONF-930124-5; ON: DE94008977; BR: AA0510000/AA5525000
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: 16. annual energy-sources technology conference and exhibition,Houston, TX (United States),25 Jan - 4 Feb 1993; Other Information: PBD: [1993]
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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