Semiempirical Analysis of Liquid Fuel Distribution Downstream of a Plain Orifice Injector Under Cross-Stream Air Flow

Autor: Cao Ming-hua, Jiang Hong-kun, Chin Ju-shan
Rok vydání: 1982
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Zdroj: Journal of Engineering for Power. 104:788-795
ISSN: 0022-0825
DOI: 10.1115/1.3227345
Popis: An improved semi-empirical analysis is presented for the liquid fuel distribution downstream of a plain orifice fuel injector under cross-stream airflow of uniform high velocity and constant ambient temperature. The analysis is based on a simplified “flat-fan spray” model (e – ψ model). The e – ψ model is proposed which assumes that the fuel injected through the orifice forms a flat-fan liquid sheet with an average fan angle 2 ψ0. Once the droplets have been formed, the trajectory of individual droplets determines the fuel distribution downstream. The validity of the analysis is confirmed by comparison of calculations based on the e – ψ model and test data obtained from fuel distribution experiments under cross-stream air flow of ambient temperature. The agreement is shown to be very good. The semi-empirical analysis presented offers a very useful approach in the preliminary design of the fan air flow path portion of turbo-fan after-burners.Copyright © 1982 by ASME
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