Transport at Nanoscale Interfaces Laboratory

Experimental investigation of the heat transfer characteristics of spray/wall interaction in diesel selective catalytic reduction systems.

Liao, Y., Furrer, R., Dimopoulos Eggenschwiler, P., & Boulouchos, K.

Fuel, 190, 163-173., 2017

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fuel.2016.11.035

Abstract
This study presents an experimental investigation of the heat transfer characteristics of the spray/wall interaction in diesel selective catalytic reduction (SCR) systems. The work was performed with a commercial 3-Hole pressure-driven injector dosing into a flow channel under typical diesel exhaust flow conditions. Infrared thermography captured the surface temperature of the wall around the impingement area with high temporal and spatial resolution. The resulting temperatures have been used for assessing the heat extracted from the wall. Phase Doppler Anemometry (PDA) was applied to measure the droplet sizes and velocities prior to the wall impingement, providing information on the kinetic properties of the impinging droplets. Based on these, the influence of the gas flow conditions on the heat transfer characteristics is deduced.