Spray characterization of straight vegetable oils at high injection pressures

Deshmukh, D and Mohan, Madan A and Anand, TNC and Ravikrishna, RV (2012) Spray characterization of straight vegetable oils at high injection pressures. In: Fuel, 97 . pp. 879-883.

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Abstract

We present results of high pressure spray characterization of Straight Vegetable Oils (SVOs) which are potential diesel fuel substitutes. SVO sprays are visualized at high injection pressures (up to 1600 bar) to study their atomization characteristics. Spray structure studies are reported for the first time for Jatropha and Pongamia vegetable oils, under atmospheric conditions. Jatropha and Pongamia SVO sprays are found to be poorly atomized and intact liquid cores are observed even at an injection pressure of 1600 bar. Non-Newtonian behavior of Jatropha and Pongamia oil is shown to be the reason for observed spray structure. (C) 2012 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Publication:	Fuel
Publisher:	Elsevier Science
Additional Information:	Copyright of this article is belongs to Elsevier Science.
Department/Centre:	Division of Mechanical Sciences > Mechanical Engineering
Date Deposited:	23 Jul 2012 12:05
Last Modified:	23 Jul 2012 12:05
URI:	http://eprints.iisc.ac.in/id/eprint/44645

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