An Analytical Method of Non-Gray Three-Dimensional Radiation Heat Transfer in Spray Combustion,

Abstract

A computational study of radiation heat transfer in a combustor having fuel spray combustion is reported in the present paper. When the distribution of radiatively participating species is known in either a normal distribution or an exponential distribution in any direction of cylindrical coordinates with respect to a referenced location, e.g., in a form, F = fexp, where f, a, b, and c are distribution constants for individual species, the governing equation of radiation heat transfer without scattering in such a system can be solved with relative ease by using the herein reported method. Several results from the present author's work are explained that are employed for implementing the solution: a new coordinate transformation method to find the species distribution along individual optical paths centered at any chosen location in the combustor; a new formula for the adiabatic flame temperature in a logarithmic function facilitating solutions for various radiation equations; a new inverse error function enabling some exact solution of the governing equation of radiation heat transfer, etc. Keywords: Analytical Solution, 3 D Radiation, Computation, Optically Thin, Optically Thick, Species Distribution, Blackbody Radiation Function, Inverse Error Function, Combustors, Fuels, Fuel spray.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 1986
Accession Number
ADA179944

Entities

People

  • K. T. Rhee
  • S. L. Chang

Organizations

  • Rutgers University Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Adiabatic Flames
  • Blackbody Radiation
  • Combustion
  • Combustion Chambers
  • Combustors
  • Computational Science
  • Diesel Engines
  • Engines
  • Fuel Sprays
  • Heat Flux
  • Heat Transfer
  • Mass Transfer
  • Mechanical Engineering
  • Radiation
  • Scattering
  • Thermal Radiation
  • Three Dimensional

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Calculus or Mathematical Analysis
  • Combustion and Flow Dynamics.
  • Spectroscopy.