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The molecular-based Perturbed-Chain Statistical Associating Fluid Theory (PC-SAFT) equation of state (EoS) is coupled with Vapor-Liquid Equilibrium (VLE) calculations in a density-based solver of the Navier-Stokes equations to perform multicomponent two-phase simulations of Diesel injections at high-pressure conditions. The PC-SAFT EoS requires three parameters, which can be fitted to experimental data or calculated using group contribution methods, to model the properties of a specific component. Therefore, there is no need for extensive model calibration, as is typically the case when the NIST library is utilised. PC-SAFT can flexibly handle the thermodynamic properties of multi-component mixtures for which the NIST (REFPROP) library supports only limited component combinations. Moreover, complex hydrocarbon mixtures can be modelled as a single pseudo-component knowing its number averaged molecular weight and the hydrogen-to-carbon ratio. One and two-dimensional simulations are included to demonstrate the multidimensional, multispecies and multiphase capability of the numerical framework.
