| dc.description.abstract | The increasing demand of air transport has been driving the research interest to reduce the environmental impact of jet fuels combustion. Therefore, in addition to exploring the synthetic alternative jet fuels, nanometer-sized metal particles are added to enhance the combustion process and mitigate emissions. Studies have shown that nanofuel additive exhibit positive impact when compared to micrometer sized fuel additive in terms of combustion properties. Since the nanofuel (i.e., liquid fuel with dispersed nanoscale additives) is still in the pilot phase, the publications that studied the atomization process at elevated ambient conditions for jet fuel are scarce. Thus, the aim of the research is to study the effect of nanofuel additives on the spray performance at ambient conditions similar to the aviation combustion chamber conditions. The nanoscale additive used in this study is Aluminum Oxide (Al2O3) at two weight concentrations (2&4 wt.%,). The spray performance of alternative jet fuel (Gas-to-Liquid, GTL) will be compared with and without the dispersion of nanoscale additive. The GTL fuel spray performance is compared with the conventional jet fuel (Jet A-1) and the blend of GTL and Jet A-1 fuels at 50-50% by volume. This project has three major parts: Nanofuel preparation, spray experiments, images analysis. Finally, critical parameters of the spray performance are obtained and analyzed to draw conclusions | en |
