A spherical cell model for multi-component droplet combustion in a dilute spray

Achintya Mukhopadhyay,

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Achintya Mukhopadhyay

Department of Mechanical Engineering, Jadavpur University, Calcutta 700 032, India

Department of Mechanical Engineering, Jadavpur University, Calcutta 700 032, IndiaSearch for more papers by this author

Dipankar Sanyal,

Dipankar Sanyal

Department of Mechanical Engineering, Jadavpur University, Calcutta 700 032, India

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Achintya Mukhopadhyay,

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Achintya Mukhopadhyay

Department of Mechanical Engineering, Jadavpur University, Calcutta 700 032, India

Department of Mechanical Engineering, Jadavpur University, Calcutta 700 032, IndiaSearch for more papers by this author

Dipankar Sanyal,

Dipankar Sanyal

Department of Mechanical Engineering, Jadavpur University, Calcutta 700 032, India

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First published: 04 September 2001

https://doi.org/10.1002/er.755

Citations: 15

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A model for sphericosymmetric thin-flame combustion of a multi-component fuel droplet in a dilute spray has been developed using a unit cell approach. The gas-phase transport has been modelled as convective–diffusive while the liquid-phase processes as transient–diffusive. Convective heat and mass transfer condition has been used at the cell surface. The results indicate that evaporation and combustion characteristics of the droplet are strongly affected by the variation of both ambient conditions and convective transfer coefficients. Using the model, the effects of droplet spacing in spray, ambient oxidizer concentration, ambient temperature and pressure have been considered. Droplet life increases with decrease in droplet spacing, ambient temperature and ambient oxidizer concentration. However, droplet life has a weak dependence on ambient pressure. Copyright © 2001 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

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