Combustion of the Diesel fuel spray

The paper deals with the computer simulation of the Diesel fuel spray combu stion under the similar conditions as in Diesel engines. A mathematical mod el of the spray propulsion and combustion is treated which allows the obser vation of the phenomena in the spray during its movement through air. Fuel droplets of the spray are vaporized due to the transfer of heat from hot ai r. In a certain moment when required conditions are met selfignition of mix ture occurs. In order to determine the points where selfignitions occurs fi rst, we have introduced the term "ignition probability" referring to the lo cal air ratio and fuel dispersion in the spray.