Diffusion flame studies of the chemical and physical mechanisms of soot formation from aromatic and substituted aromatic fuels. Progress report, February 15, 1981-February 15, 1982

Technical Report · Mon Mar 01 00:00:00 EST 1982

OSTI ID:5317157

Lester, T W; Merklin, J F; Sorensen, C M

The development of photon correlation spectroscopy (PCS) as a soot particle size measurement in flames has been pursued. Using both slot diffusion flames doped with benzene and a wick diffusion flame burning kerosene, soot size distributions have been determined as a function of height above the base of the flame. Of particular interest has been the correct relationship between the particle diffusion coefficient and the particle diameter. Effort has also been expanded in extraction of the higher moments of the size distribution from the scattered light spectra. Papers covering this year's activities have been published in Applied Optics and accepted for presentation at the 1982 Spring Meeting of the Combustion Institute/Central States Section and at the Joint AIAA/ASME Thermophysics Conference.

• Research Organization: Kansas State Univ., Manhattan (USA)
• DOE Contract Number: AC02-80ER10677
• OSTI ID: 5317157
• Report Number(s): DOE/ER/10677-2; ON: DE82009310
• Resource Relation: Other Information: Portions of document are illegible
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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