An experimental investigation of fuel droplet combustion under micro-gravity

Autor:	Ching-Hua Wang, Gwo-Jiun Ueng
Rok vydání:	1997
Předmět:	Natural convection Materials science Meteorology General Chemical Engineering Flame structure Mechanics Condensed Matter Physics Combustion Atomic and Molecular Physics and Optics Speed (motion) Whole systems Liquid fuel Physics::Fluid Dynamics Micro gravity Trajectory
Zdroj:	International Communications in Heat and Mass Transfer. 24:931-944
ISSN:	0735-1933
DOI:	10.1016/s0735-1933(97)00079-1
Popis:	This study develops a convenient apparatus to examine a single free droplet's combustion under micro-gravity, with the influence of natural convection eliminated. An upward-motion droplet is generated via ink jet printing. At the instance when the moving droplet reaches the apex of its trajectory, it is ignited by a high-energy spark discharge, and the whole system is then released into free fall. The droplet's burning history is recorded by a high speed motion camera, and the combustion phenomena are then investigated and compared with those obtained under normal-gravity. Qualitatively, the results of the flame behaviour and the occurrence of the micro-explosion exhibit only slight differences under micro- and normal-gravity.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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