<div class="section abstract"><div class="htmlview paragraph">The prediction of accurate evaporation rates for aviation fuels, which are complex mixtures of hundreds of hydrocarbon components with varying evaporation characteristics, remains a challenge. Multi-component vaporization models, such as distillation curve (DC) and diffusion limit (DL), are capable of predicting evaporation rates well but require the construction of surrogate fuels, which is difficult. Mono-component models, on the other hand, can be used for rapid evaporation conditions similar to those in a heat engine combustion chamber, with acceptable uncertainties. However, the accuracy of these models under engine-relevant operating conditions is unclear. This study aims to address this research gap by experimentally measuring the evaporation rates of two aviation fuels (TS-1 and Jet-A1) at different temperature conditions and evaluating the feasibility of current theoretical models for predicting evaporation rates under engine-relevant conditions. The study found that current models cannot accurately describe special events such as micro-explosions or slow evaporation, which were observed in the case of TS-1 droplets at temperatures above 823 K. This study highlights the need for more accurate models for predicting the evaporation rates of aviation fuels under engine-relevant conditions.</div></div>
Intercoolers utilized in turbocharged engines are critically essential to efficiently improve volumetric efficiency and therefore engine's specific power. Although boosting the internal combustion engines has been extensively investigated, further studies are required to provide relevant approaches to optimize the heat transfer coefficient. This paper experimentally and theoretically investigates the influence of inlet coolant velocity on heat transfer characteristics of an air-to-water intercooler equipped in a turbocharged diesel engine. This aims to optimize the heat transfer rate from water to air under typical engine operating conditions. The experiment has been conducted using a fully equipped engine testbed. The engine is turbocharged with a plate-fin intercooler. The intercooler is a perpendicular air-water heat transfer system that could be suitable for boosted marine engines or power generators. A simulation model was also developed using the finite volume model in the ANSYS Fluent package. The distributions of inlet and outlet temperature, pressure, and velocity of air and coolant under various inlet water velocity and engine operating conditions are examined. The optimal heat transfer rate from air to water was achieved for this intercooler. The CFD simulation and experiment model developed here for the plate-fin water intercooler could be a useful approach to optimize other intercooler systems. In this study, with the 270×270×10 mm plate-fin perpendicular air-water intercooler, an optimal cooling water velocity of 1.0 m/s, corresponding with a flow rate of 1,780 liter/hr, is achieved.
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