The unsteady cloud cavitation shedding in fuel nozzles greatly influences the flow characteristics and spray break-up of fuel,thereby causing erosion damage.With the application of high-pressure common rail systems in diesel engines,this phenomenon frequently occurs in the nozzle;however,cloud cavitation shedding frequency and its mechanism have yet to be studied in detail.In this study,a visualization experiment and proper orthogonal decomposition(POD)method were used to study the variations in the cavitation shedding frequency and analyze the cavitation flow structure in a 3 mm square nozzle.In addition,large eddy simulation(LES)was performed to explore the causes of cavitation shedding,and the relationship between cavitation and vortices.With the increase of the inlet and outlet pressure differences,and fuel temperatures,the degree of cavitation intensified and the frequency of cavitation cloud shedding gradually decreased.LES demonstrated the relationship between the vortices,and the development,shedding,and collapse of the cavitation clouds.Further,the re-entrant jet mechanism was found to be the main reason for the shedding of cavitation clouds.Through comparative experiments,the fluctuation of the vapor volume fraction in the nozzle hole accurately predicted the regions with stable cavitation,re-entrant jet,cavitation cloud shedding,and collapse.The frequency of cavitation shedding can then be calculated.This study employed an instantaneous POD method based on instantaneous cavitation images,which can distinguish the evolution process and characteristics of cavitation in the nozzle hole of diesel engines.
HE JiajunAN QingsongJIN JiangshanFENG ShuaiZHANG Kemu
Increasing the injection pressure has been proven an effective method to enhance performance and reduce pollutant of diesel engine.With the increase of the injection pressure,the cavitation damage problem inside common rail fuel injector is more significant,which has direct influences on reliability of diesel engine.While the most studies so far have focused on cavitation occurred in injector nozzle and its atomization characteristics,few researchers studied the cavitation phenomenon in fuel injector control valve.But due to the complexity of flow field and difficulty of experiment,the cavitation in control valve could not be fully described by existing theories.In this paper,the two-dimensional visualization experiment and numerical simulation of control valve was implemented to acquire the image of cavitation intuitively and validate the simulation method and model.Then a new structure design of control valve named convergent model was presented for comparison.The origin model and convergent model with different valve lifts were simulated in three dimensions.The results showed that the sheet cavitation occurred at the surface of seal cone and steel ball then turned to cloud cavitation in downstream area.The intensity of cavitation increased with the increase of valve lift.Convergent model could efficiently reduce the cavitation intensity near the seal area.This research could provide references for engineering optimization design of control valve.
