Flame spread behaviour of blended fuel droplet array
Abstract
Experimental investigation of the effect of blended fuel on flame spread along droplet array has been conducted. Flame spread rate is measured using high-speed chemiluminescence images of an OH radical. The flame spread is observed with the initial droplet diameter, droplet spacing, and the mixing ratio of n-heptane and n-hexadecane. The mode of flame spread is categorized into two types: a continuous mode and an intermittent one. It is seen that flame spread rate is sensitively dependent on the relative flame position to droplet spacing. For a large droplet, the flame spread time is governed by a volatile fuel (heptane), but for a small droplet, it is controlled by a less volatile fuel (hexadecane). Copyright © 1999 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
