Some experiments on free droplet combustion at low gravity

Conference · Mon Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1990 · AIP Conference Proceedings (American Institute of Physics); (USA)

OSTI ID:6517277

Yang, J C; Jackson, G S; Avedisian, C T ^[1]

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1. Sibley School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY (USA)

A small-scale (7.6m) drop tower was used for studying the combustion of unsupported fuel droplets (about 500 {mu}m initial diameter) in a stagnant ambience under lower gravity. The experimental procedure consisted of generating a droplet in a near vertical trajectory and then releasing the chamber within which the droplet was introduced, as well as associated instrumentation, into free-fall when the droplet reached the apex of its trajectory.

• OSTI ID: 6517277
• Report Number(s): CONF-8809192--
• Conference Information: Journal Name: AIP Conference Proceedings (American Institute of Physics); (USA) Journal Volume: 197:1
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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37 INORGANIC, ORGANIC, PHYSICAL, AND ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY
400800* -- Combustion
Pyrolysis
& High-Temperature Chemistry
ALKANES
ALKYLATED AROMATICS
AROMATICS
BINARY MIXTURES
CHEMICAL REACTIONS
COMBUSTION
DISPERSIONS
DROPLETS
FUEL PARTICLES
HEPTANE
HEXADECANE
HYDROCARBONS
MIXTURES
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
OXIDATION
PARTICLE SIZE
PARTICLES
REYNOLDS NUMBER
SIZE
THERMOCHEMICAL PROCESSES
TOLUENE