FUNDAMENTALS OF ATOMIZATION AND SPRAYS
- Injector Internal Flow
- Liquid Breakup
- Transport
- Evaporation
- Interaction with Surfaces
- Role of Physical Properties, State, and Flow Regimes
ATOMIZER DESIGN
- Types
- Advantages/Disadvantages
- Role of Liquid Properties
DESIGN TOOLS
- Estimating Atomizer Performance
- Estimating Evaporation Performance
EXPERIMENTAL METHODS
- Optical and conventional diagnostics, spray characterization, high pressure and temperature experiments.
- Laboratory session using the experimental facilities associated with the UCI Combustion Laboratory research test cells and support facilities.
COMPUTATIONAL METHODS
- Current, state-of-the-art, and advanced computational methods for sprays and spray systems.