Flow, spray and combustion analysis by laser techniques in the combustion chamber of a direct-injection diesel engine

The purpose of this paper is to show how the analysis of in-cylinder flow, fuel injection, and combustion by means of state-of-the-art optical techniques, as laser light-sheet, laser doppler anemometry and laser shadowgraphy, can help to support the understanding of the interaction of swirl flow development, spray formation, auto-ignition and combustion in near production-line direct-injection diesel engines and thus advances the development of engines with lower fuel consumption and emissions.