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http://dx.doi.org/10.15435/JILASSKR.2013.18.2.094

Influence of Initial Diameter on the Combustion Characteristics of n-heptane Droplet  

Suh, Hyun Kyu (국립공주대학교 기계자동차공학부)
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Journal of ILASS-Korea / v.18, no.2, 2013 , pp. 94-99 More about this Journal
Abstract
The spherically-symmetric burning of an isolated droplet is a dynamic problem that involves the coupling of chemical reactions and multi-phase flow with phase change. For the improved understanding of these phenomena, this paper presents the numerical results on the n-heptane droplet combustion conducted at a 1 atm ambient pressure in three different initial droplet diameter ($d_0$). The main purpose of this study is to provide basic information of droplet burning, extinction and flame behavior of n-heptane and improve the ability of theoretical prediction of these phenomena. To achieve these, the numerical analysis was conducted in terms of normalized droplet diameter ($d/d_0$), flame diameter ($d_f$) and flame standoff ratio (FSR) under the assumptions that the droplet combustion can be described by both the quasi-steady behavior for the region between the droplet surface and the flame interface and the transient behavior for the region between the flame interface and ambient surrounding.
Keywords
Burning rate; Droplet combustion; Droplet diameter; Flame diameter; Flame standoff ratio;
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