Prediction of cavitation inside mini - sac Diesel injector nozzle using computational fluid dynamics

computational fluid dynamics The performance of the internal flow of the fuel injector is impeded by several factors. The nozzle is one of the factors, being typically about a millimeter long and a fraction of a millimeter in diameter. Cavitation inside the diesel injector nozzle is associated with local pressure distribution. At flow areas with sharp corners, the pressure may locally drop below vapour pressure. The aim of this study is to assess the impact of turbulence and cavitation models on the prediction of flow in diesel injection nozzle. In the present study, an analysis of an existing 6 hole mini-sac diesel injector nozzle is carried out using a CFD package. The main objective of the research is to design a nozzle to avoid cavitation and to find out the contribution of different parameters through parametric study. Cavitation is a complex phenomenon whose appearance depends on the physical as well as flow properties of the flowing substance. Thus, for a better visualization of cavitation, a 3D CFD simulation of mini-sac injector nozzle is carried out. An analysis of a single nozzle hole of a mini-sac diesel injector nozzle is considered for the analysis, as the flow is uniformly distributed through each nozzle. As the three-dimensional geometry of mini-sac nozzle is complicated, therefore tet/hybrid element with T-Grid meshing scheme is used, for good surface meshing. The analysis is carried out at injection pressure of 5 00 bar. The CFDresults are validated against test data with the maximum deviation for the mass flow rate of 8.67% at full needle lift.