Soot formation in synthetic fuel droplets. Seventh quarterly technical progress report, April 1-June 30, 1982

Technical Report · Sun Aug 01 04:00:00 EDT 1982

OSTI ID:6972280

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

The purpose of this present 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 fuel 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 combustion will be investigated in variable slip velocity configurations. During the past quarter, no new experimental effort has been initiated in the fuels screening (Task 1) section of this program. The Task 2 - Droplet Studies - phase of the program is currently in a transition stage between two different experimental efforts. Studies in a simple slip flow reactor system have been completed, and the program will move to the more complex droplet/flow field systems presented by opposed jet diffusion flame and microspray reactor systems. In the present reporting period, construction and modification of these latter two reactor systems has been completed, together with preliminary shakedown and a qualitative evaluation of performance. 7 figures.

• Research Organization: Energy and Environmental Research Corp., Irvine, CA (USA)
• DOE Contract Number: AC22-80PC30298
• OSTI ID: 6972280
• Report Number(s): DOE/PC/30298-T8; ON: DE82020992
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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