Abstract
Spray combustion simulation for various market diesel fuels is performed. Simulation is validated against experimental data of constant-volume spray combustion in terms of ignition delay time and flame position. We employ a skeletal reaction model developed by Ranzi et al. (2014), which includes reactions of n-cetane, methylcyclohexane and 1,2,4-trimethylbenzene. Surrogate fuels are formulated to reproduce the properties of the market diesel fuels. Simulation predicts experimental data of ignition delay time and flame position well, except that it underestimates variation of ignition delay time among fuels and predicts flame position further from the nozzle in the begining of combustion.
