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Modeling Multicomponent Fuel Droplet Vaporization With Finite Liquid Diffusivity Using Coupled Algebraic-Dqmom With Delumping, Alanna Y. Cooney, Simcha L. Singer
Modeling Multicomponent Fuel Droplet Vaporization With Finite Liquid Diffusivity Using Coupled Algebraic-Dqmom With Delumping, Alanna Y. Cooney, Simcha L. Singer
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Multicomponent fuel droplet vaporization models for use in combustion CFD codes often prioritize computational efficiency over model complexity. This leads to oversimplifying assumptions such as single component droplets or infinite liquid diffusivity. The previously developed Direct Quadrature Method of Moments (DQMoM) with delumping model demonstrated a computationally efficient and accurate approach to solve for every discrete species in a well-mixed vaporizing multicomponent droplet. To expand the method to less restrictive cases, a new solution technique is presented called the Coupled Algebraic-Direct Quadrature Method of Moments (CA-DQMoM). In contrast to previous moment methods for droplet vaporization, CA-DQMoM solves for the evolution …