This project will develop models to predict the physical characteristics and behaviors of alternative jet fuels within jet engines. Of specific interest is the characterization of primary and secondary breakup of the liquid fuel into droplets and the subsequent evaporation.
Industrial Partners:
- Williams International
- Honeywell
- Pratt & Whitney/United Technologies Research Center
Federal Agencies:
- Air Force Office of Scientific Research
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration
- Defense Logistics Agency – Energy
- NavAir
- Army Research Laboratory
- National Institute of Standards and Technology
International Partners
- National Research Council (Canada)
- DLR (Germany)
- University of Sheffield (UK)
ASCENT Committee Member
- CAAFI
- Boeing
- Shell
- Gevo
Annual Reports
Participants
Lead Investigators
Program Managers
Publications
- Group contribution method for multicomponent evaluation with application to transportation fuels
- The role of preferential evaporation on the ignition of multicomponent fuels in a homogeneous spray/air mixture
- Large-Eddy Simulation of Fuel Effect on Lean Blow-out in Gas Turbines
- High-Fidelity Simulations of Fuel Injection and Atomization of a Hybrid Air-Blast Atomizer
- Spray Measurements at Elevated Pressures and Temperatures Using Phase Doppler Anemometry
- Large-Eddy Simulations of Fuel Injection and Atomization of a Hybrid Air-Blast Atomizer
- Effect of Aviation Fuel Type and Fuel Injection Conditions on Non-reacting Spray Characteristics of Hybrid Air Blast Fuel Injector
Last Updated: 07/03/2018