In order to mitigate the urgent crisis of climate change, Baylor University is partnering with the City of Waco to pilot a near-zero emission, multi-fuel combustor that transforms local waste of wide varieties with minimal postprocessing into ultra-clean energy….Continue Reading Waste to Energy Partnership with City of Waco
Effect of the air-to-liquid mass ratio on the internal flow and near-field spray…
This study investigates the effect of the air-to-liquid mass ratio (ALR) on the internal bubbly flow formation that triggers the primary atomization by bubble bursting, and on the secondary atomization by shear layer instabilities. An SB atomizer with a diameter, D, of 1.5 mm, is investigated using high-spatial-resolution Shadowgraph and Particle Image Velocimetry….Continue Reading Effect of the air-to-liquid mass ratio on the internal flow and near-field spray…
Near-field spray characterization of a high-viscosity alternative jet fuel…
This study experimentally investigates spray characteristics of a viscous renewable jet fuel, C-3, using FB atomization….Continue Reading Near-field spray characterization of a high-viscosity alternative jet fuel…
Optical characterization of near-field sprays for various alternative…
This study investigates the effects of fuel properties on the near-field spray characteristics of the relatively viscous A-3 and a more viscous alternative fuel blend (C-3) compared to the baseline fuel—Jet A (A-2) with the least viscosity, using the relatively novel twin-fluid flow blurring (FB) injection….Continue Reading Optical characterization of near-field sprays for various alternative…
Effect of injector swirl number on near-field spray…
This study investigates the effect of injector swirl number (ISN) on spray characteristics including droplet velocity and size distributions in the injector near field (8 mm × 4 mm) using particle image velocimetry and shadowgraph imaging for the SB injectors with diameter of 1.5 mm….Continue Reading Effect of injector swirl number on near-field spray…
Combustion of straight algae oil in a swirl-stabilized burner…
This study investigates the combustion performance of straight algae oil (AO) in a 7-kW lab-scale gas turbine burner enabled by a novel twin-fluid injector, named Swirl-burst (SB) injector….Continue Reading Combustion of straight algae oil in a swirl-stabilized burner…
Development and combustion characterization of a novel twin-fluid…
This study aims to achieve improved fuel prevaporization and fuel-air mixing hence, less-lifted flames and ultimately yield stable, clean, and premixed combustion of viscous fuels using a novel twin-fluid injector, called swirl burst (SB) injector….Continue Reading Development and combustion characterization of a novel twin-fluid…
Investigation of water spray characteristics in the near field…
This study compares the water spray micro-characteristics of FB and SB injectors in the near field of the injector exit at the same flow conditions using high spatial resolution particle image velocimetry and shadowgraph imaging systems….Continue Reading Investigation of water spray characteristics in the near field…
Investigation of Glycerol Atomization in the Near-Field…
This study qualitatively and quantitatively reveals the details of glycerol atomization in the near field of the FB injector….Continue Reading Investigation of Glycerol Atomization in the Near-Field…
Combustion of straight glycerol with / without methane…
In this study, we present a fuel-flexible dual-fuel combustor to simultaneously burn methane and/or straight glycerol without preheating either glycerol or air by utilizing a novel flow-blurring (FB) liquid fuel injector….Continue Reading Combustion of straight glycerol with / without methane…