AIMING Diesels (Atomisation, Ignition and Mixing In New Generation DIESELS) was a research project to determine the operating conditions for optimum performance of diesel engines.
Innovative instrumentations were developed which, together with current state-of-the-art instrumentation, quantified atomisation, ignition and mixing in a diesel spray, in terms of crank-angle-averaged vapour concentration at ignition locations, correlated with spray characteristics and in-flame soot levels for a range of injection schedule, injection pressure, TDC temperature and pressure, and Exhaust Gas Recirculation (EGR) conditions, corresponding to extreme emission conditions for NOx and particulates as determined from engine data. A phenomenological model will result for AIM for supercritical conditions, which will assist in providing suggestions for improved computational models and determining the operating conditions for optimum performance of engines.
Project participants
Professor Cyril Crua
Dr Dave Kennaird
Professor Morgan Heikal
Project partners
Imperial College
Ricardo UK
Delphi Diesel Systems
Project funding
£178,350 (SHRL), total EPSRC grant value: £397,425 for three years