Soot formation in synthetic-fuel droplets. Fifth quarterly technical progress report, October 1-December 31, 1981

Technical Report · Fri Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1982

OSTI ID:5429613

England, G; Kramlich, J; Kwan, Y; Payne, R

The purpose of this research program is to investigate the details of soot formation from liquid fuel droplets and to provide information on methods of minimizing soot formation during synthetic liquid fuels combustion under conditions which minimize the formation of nitric oxides. The program comprises two main tasks; Fuel Screening Studies and Flame Studies. The purpose of the first task is to investigate the impact of fuel properties on particulate production, to establish the importance of droplet size and examine atomizer effects, and to develop techniques for surrogate fuels production. In the second task, fundamental details of soot formation from synfuel droplet combination will be investigated in variable slip velocity configurations. During the past quarter, the Task 1 efforts have concentrated on examining the effects of droplet parameters on particulate emissions from SRC-II heavy distillate, SRC-II middle distillate, and a petroleum No. 6 oil. Results indicate that fuel and slip velocity effects are significant only when mean dropsize of the sprays is large. For such coarse sprays, the SRC-II heavy distillate showed a much greater propensity to form particulate in the < 1 ..mu..m size range (probably soot) under staged conditions than either of the other two fuels. Correlation of smoke emissions suggests this is related to carbon/hydrogen ratio of the fuel. During the reporting period, the majority of the Task 2 efforts were directed toward the design and construction of the reactors required for the second phase of the study. These are the Opposed-Jet Diffusion Burner and the Microspray Reactor. The Opposed-Jet experiment has been completed and successfully test-fired.

• Research Organization: Energy and Environmental Research Corp., Santa Ana, CA (USA)
• DOE Contract Number: AC22-80PC30298
• OSTI ID: 5429613
• Report Number(s): DOE/PC/30298-T5; ON: DE82012008
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
AIR POLLUTION CONTROL
ATOMIZATION
CARBON
CHALCOGENIDES
CHEMICAL REACTORS
COAL LIQUEFACTION
COAL LIQUIDS
COMBUSTION PRODUCTS
CONSTRUCTION
CONTROL
CORRELATIONS
DATA
DESIGN
DROPLETS
ELEMENTS
EXPERIMENTAL DATA
FLUIDS
FRACTIONATION
FUEL OILS
FUELS
HYDROGEN
INFORMATION
LIQUEFACTION
LIQUID FUELS
LIQUIDS
NITROGEN COMPOUNDS
NITROGEN OXIDES
NONMETALS
NUMERICAL DATA
OILS
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
OTHER ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
OXIDES
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
PARTICLES
PARTICULATES
PETROLEUM PRODUCTS
POLLUTION CONTROL
QUANTITY RATIO
RESEARCH PROGRAMS
SEPARATION PROCESSES
SOOT
SRC-II PROCESS
THERMOCHEMICAL PROCESSES
VELOCITY