A Numerical Study on Evaporation and Combustion of Liquid Spray

액체분무의 증발 및 연소에 관한 수치적 연구

The vaporization and combustion of liquid spray in a cylindrical shape combustor was studied numerically. Mixture of liquid drops and air was assumed to be ejected from the center-hole and assisting air from the concentric annulus with swirling. Eulerian-Lagrangian scheme was adopted for the two phase calculation, and the interactions between the phases were considered with the PSIC model. Also adopted were the infinite conductivity model for drop vaporization, the equation of Arrhenius and the eddy break-up model for reaction rate, and the k-epsilon model for turbulence calculations. Gas flow patterns, drop trajectories and contours of temperature and mass fractions of the gas species were predicted with swirl number, drop diameter, and equivalence ratio taken as parameters. Calculations show that the vaporization and the consequent combustion efficiency enhance with the increase of the swirl number and/or with the decrease of drop size, and the higher maximum temperature is attained with the higher equivalence ratio.

본 연구에서는 선회유동과 재순환영역이 있는 제한된 동축 분류유동(confined coaxial jet flow)을 갖는 연소기에 대하여 노즐을 통하여 분사된 연료액적의 증발 및 연소, 그리고 주위기체유동에 관한 제반현상을 정상상태 하에서 모사하고자 하는데 그 목적이 있으며 수치계산에 의한 이론적 해석방법으로 기상은 오일러 방식, 액상은 라 그란지 방식을 채택하였고 후술될 증발 및 연소모델을 적용하였다.