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A Study Of Droplet Burning In The Nearly Adiabatic Limit, Juan C. Gomez
A Study Of Droplet Burning In The Nearly Adiabatic Limit, Juan C. Gomez
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We consider a small drop of liquid fuel that burns in an oxidizing gaseous environment and translates slowly (relative to flow 'at infinity') under the action of gravity. Practical applications include the burning of liquid fuels as sprays in domestic and industrial oil-fired burners, diesel engines, and liquid-propellant rocket motors. More relevant to the simple physical set-up of the present study are wellcharacterized laboratory experiments on the burning of a single, isolated fuel drop.
The drop burns in a nearly spherical, diffusion flame, flame sheet regime. We consider a specific example, or limit, referred to as 'nearly adiabatic burning', in …