Abstract
Ethanol and biodiesel are considered as two kinds of promising candidate for fossil fuels. Some pretty good combustion characteristics were found in a recent study about the mixture droplet of ethanol, diesel and biodiesel. However, the theoretical studies are still rather limited for this kind of three component droplet with quite different volatile characteristics. The vaporization model is developed to describe the multicomponent droplet vaporization process, with detailed sub-model of gas phase, liquid phase and phase change. With the model, the vaporization of ethanol, diesel and biodiesel is simulated and analyzed, the temperature and concentration of each piece in the droplet during the vaporization are also obtained.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Pages (from-to) | 2211-2214 |
| Number of pages | 4 |
| Journal | Kung Cheng Je Wu Li Hsueh Pao/Journal of Engineering Thermophysics |
| Volume | 33 |
| Issue number | 12 |
| State | Published - Dec 2012 |
All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- General Materials Science
- Condensed Matter Physics
- Mechanical Engineering
Keywords
- Biofuel
- Droplet
- Multicomponent
- Vaporization