An Integrated Approach to Spray Combustion Model Development.

Abstract

The major elements of an approach to the development of a more powerful spray combustion model is discussed. A model is sought that treats, in a numerically-efficient manner, unsteady, multidimensional, turbulent reacting flows with polydisperse, multicomponent sprays and properly accounts for transient droplet heating and vaporization, liquid-phase mass diffusion, and droplet drag and trajectory. Major advances are reviewed and important issues remaining for resolution are discussed. Keywords: Fuels, Droplets, Vaporization, Drag, Sprays, Combustion, Flame propagation.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 01, 1986
Accession Number
ADA181717

Entities

People

  • William A. Sirignano

Organizations

  • University of California, Irvine

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Alkanes
  • Boundary Layer
  • Coefficients
  • Combustion
  • Computational Fluid Dynamics
  • Computational Science
  • Differential Equations
  • Engineering
  • Flame Propagation
  • Fluid Dynamics
  • Fluid Flow
  • Heat Energy
  • Heat Of Vaporization
  • Heat Transfer
  • Mechanical Engineering
  • Payload
  • Two Dimensional

Readers

  • Aerosol Science/Aerosol Physics
  • Combustion science or combustion engineering.
  • Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD)