TY - JOUR
T1 - Recent advances in droplet vaporization and combustion
AU - Law, C. K.
N1 - Funding Information:
Acknowledyements--lt is a pleasure to acknowledge the continuing interest and support the author has received for his research on droplet and spray combustion from the Division of Basic Energy Sciences, Department of Energy, and the Heat Transfer Program, National Science Foundation. The technical monitors of these programs are Drs. O. W. Adams and W. Aung respectively. The present review is also prepared with support from these programs.
PY - 1982
Y1 - 1982
N2 - Recent progress on understanding the fundamental mechanisms governing droplet vaporization and combustion are reviewed. Topics include the classical d2-Law and its limitations; the major transient processes of droplet heating and fuel vapor accumulation; effects due to variable transport property assumptions; combustion of multicomponent fuels including the miscible fuel blends, immiscible emulsions, and coal-oil mixtures, finite-rate kinetics leading to ignition and extinction; and droplet interaction. Potentially promising research topics are also suggested.
AB - Recent progress on understanding the fundamental mechanisms governing droplet vaporization and combustion are reviewed. Topics include the classical d2-Law and its limitations; the major transient processes of droplet heating and fuel vapor accumulation; effects due to variable transport property assumptions; combustion of multicomponent fuels including the miscible fuel blends, immiscible emulsions, and coal-oil mixtures, finite-rate kinetics leading to ignition and extinction; and droplet interaction. Potentially promising research topics are also suggested.
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U2 - 10.1016/0360-1285(82)90011-9
DO - 10.1016/0360-1285(82)90011-9
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:0020014004
SN - 0360-1285
VL - 8
SP - 171
EP - 201
JO - Progress in Energy and Combustion Science
JF - Progress in Energy and Combustion Science
IS - 3
ER -