Flame speeds in fuel sprays with hydrogen addition

Conference · Fri Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1988

OSTI ID:7080937

Richards, G A; Sojka, P E; Lefebure, A H ^[1]

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1. Purdue Univ., Lafayette, IN (USA). Gas Turbine Combustion Lab.

The influence of hydrogen addition on the burning rates of kerosine sprays in air is studied experimentally. Flame speeds are measured as a function of fuel drop size, equivalence ratio, and hydrogen concentration. The results obtained show that evaporation rates have a controlling effect on flame speeds over wide ranges of mean drop size. They also demonstrate that the burning rates of liquid kerosine-air mixtures are augmented appreciably by the addition of small quantities of hydrogen to the air flowing into the combustion zone.

• OSTI ID: 7080937
• Report Number(s): CONF-880607--
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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