Evaporation characteristics of fuel and multifuel droplets
- Faculty of Engineering, Cairo Univ., Giza, Cairo (EG)
This paper reports on the evaporation characteristics of commercial fuel droplets, such as heavy diesel fuel, light diesel fuel, gasoline and kerosene, and multifuel droplets formed by blending any two of the aforementioned commercial fuels in different proportions experimentally investigated. The effect of interacting droplets in a parcel of droplets on evaporation characteristics is also studied. The results indicated that the evaporation characteristics are considerably affected by fuel blending and that this effect increases as the difference in volatilities between the blended fuels increases. Droplet interaction in a fuel parcel decreases droplet vaporization. However, this effect decreases as the separation distance between the droplet increases. Generalized correlations are derived for the evaporation constant and multifuel droplet. Moreover, an empirical correction factor accounting for the droplet interaction effect on evaporation constant is proposed.
- OSTI ID:
- 6037907
- Journal Information:
- Combustion and Flame; (United States), Vol. 85:3; ISSN 0010-2180
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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DIESEL FUELS
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