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T.N.C. Anand

Bio: T.N.C. Anand is an academic researcher from Indian Institute of Technology Madras. The author has contributed to research in topics: Evaporation & Materials science. The author has an hindex of 6, co-authored 24 publications receiving 319 citations. Previous affiliations of T.N.C. Anand include Indian Institutes of Technology & Indian Institute of Science.

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TL;DR: In this paper, the effect of reentrant piston bowl geometries on pollutant emissions from a single-cylinder diesel engine was investigated. But the simulation results indicated that the selected piston bowl geometry could actually be reducing the incylinder swirl and turbulence and the emission reduction may be entirely due to the introduction of the sac-less injector.

166 citations

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01 Dec 2012-Fuel
TL;DR: In this article, the authors reported the measured spray structure and droplet size distributions of ethanol-gasoline blends for a low-pressure, multi-hole, port fuel injector (PFI).

49 citations

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TL;DR: In this article, a direct experimental observation of convective flow inside rapidly evaporating droplets has been carried out, and the possible causes of such a flow are also explored, as well as possible causes for the quiescence of the surrounding gas around the evaporation.
Abstract: Studies on the evaporation of suspended microlitre droplets under atmospheric conditions have observed faster evaporation rates than the theoretical diffusion-driven rate, especially for rapidly evaporating droplets such as ethanol. Convective flow inside rapidly evaporating droplets has also been reported in the literature. The surrounding gas around the evaporating droplet has, however, been considered to be quiescent in many studies, the validity of which can be questioned. In the present work, we try to answer this question by direct experimental observation of the flow. The possible causes of such a flow are also explored.

42 citations

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01 Jul 2012-Fuel
TL;DR: Non-Newtonian behavior of Jatropha and Pongamia oil is shown to be the reason for observed spray structure and SVO sprays are found to be poorly atomized and intact liquid cores are observed even at an injection pressure of 1600 bar.

35 citations

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TL;DR: In this article, the influence of the ambient gas on the evaporation induced flow around a droplet at atmospheric conditions was investigated, and it was shown that the evapse-induced flow in these gases for different liquids was measured using particle image velocimetry.
Abstract: It is known from recent studies that evaporation induces flow around a droplet at atmospheric conditions. This flow is visible even for slowly evaporating liquids like water. In the present study, we investigate the influence of the ambient gas on the evaporating droplet. We observe from the experiments that the rate of evaporation at atmospheric temperature and pressure decreases in a heavier ambient gas. The evaporation-induced flow in these gases for different liquids is measured using particle image velocimetry and found to be very different from each other. However, the width of the disturbed zone around the droplet is seen to be independent of the evaporating liquid and the size of the needle (for the range of needle diameters studied), and only depends on the ambient gas used.It is known from recent studies that evaporation induces flow around a droplet at atmospheric conditions. This flow is visible even for slowly evaporating liquids like water. In the present study, we investigate the influence of the ambient gas on the evaporating droplet. We observe from the experiments that the rate of evaporation at atmospheric temperature and pressure decreases in a heavier ambient gas. The evaporation-induced flow in these gases for different liquids is measured using particle image velocimetry and found to be very different from each other. However, the width of the disturbed zone around the droplet is seen to be independent of the evaporating liquid and the size of the needle (for the range of needle diameters studied), and only depends on the ambient gas used.

16 citations


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01 Dec 1988
TL;DR: In this paper, the basic processes in Atomization are discussed, and the drop size distributions of sprays are discussed.Preface 1.General Considerations 2.Basic Processes of Atomization 3.Drop Size Distributions of Sprays 4.Atomizers 5.Flow in Atomizers 6.AtOMizer Performance 7.External Spray Charcteristics 8.Drop Evaporation 9.Drop Sizing Methods Index
Abstract: Preface 1.General Considerations 2.Basic Processes in Atomization 3.Drop Size Distributions of Sprays 4.Atomizers 5.Flow in Atomizers 6.Atomizer Performance 7.External Spray Charcteristics 8.Drop Evaporation 9.Drop Sizing Methods Index

1,214 citations

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01 May 2019-Energy
TL;DR: In this paper, the combined effect of nano additives, combustion chamber geometry and injection timing in a single cylinder diesel engine fuelled with ternary fuel (diesel-biodiesel-ethanol) blends is investigated.

307 citations

01 Nov 1997
TL;DR: In this paper, a technique is described that measures the instantaneous three-dimensional temperature distribution in water using two-color laser-induced fluorescence (LIF) and two fluorescent dyes, Rhodamine B and Rhodamine 110, are used as temperature indicators.
Abstract: A technique is described that measures the instantaneous three-dimensional temperature distribution in water using two-color laser-induced fluorescence (LIF). Two fluorescent dyes, Rhodamine B and Rhodamine 110, are used as temperature indicators. A laser light sheet scanned across the entire measurement volume excites the fluorescent dye, and an optical system involving a color beam splitter gives the intensity distribution of the individual fluorescent dyes on two separate monochrome CCD cameras. The ratio of these fluorescence intensities at each point of the image is calibrated against the temperature to eliminate the effect of the fluctuation of illuminating light intensity. A stable thermally stratified layer was measured by this system to evaluate the total accuracy of the measurement system. The random error of the measurement was ±1.4 K with 95% confidence. Measurements of thermal convection over a heated horizontal surface show temperature iso-surfaces having typical structures such as plumes, ridges and thermals.

300 citations

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01 Dec 1927-Nature
TL;DR: Niven as discussed by the authors argued that a reissue of the collected papers of an outstanding scientific man has been called for, and that the main papers involved must have been of very epoch-making type.
Abstract: IT is not often that a reissue of the collected papers of an outstanding scientific man has been called for. Some of the papers cannot fail to have historical value because of the part which their original publication played in the development of science; but that value alone would not be sufficient to secure the demand. The work involved must be of present-day importance. Therefore its consequences must still be in process of development; and it follows that if, as in the present case, the republication follows the first publication after an interval of half a century, the main papers involved must have been of very epoch-making type. The condition of present value is a sufficient test; but the most essential condition is that of permanent value. Present value persisting after the lapse of fifty years suggests permanence, and at least points to some enduring quality—the direct impress of the distinctive personality of the man. The Scientific Papers of James Clerk Maxwell. Edited By W. D. Niven. (Photographic Reprint by arrangement with the Cambridge University Press.) Vol. 1. Pp. xxxii + 607. Vol. 2. Pp. viii + 806. (Paris: J. Hermann, 1927.) 3 livres 6.

277 citations