Supercritical Fuel Jets ? Resolving Controversy

Abstract

Based upon prior work, we hypothesize that when pure hydrocarbon fuels are injected into gases atthe conditions representative of many modern transportation powerplants, the edges of these jetsbecome transitionally supercritical. The commonly assumed fuel spray structure would not exist insuch a case. It is possible, however, that commercially available fuels do not undergo this transition,or just begin to do so, as mixtures of compounds have very different critical properties than do thepure substances.

Document Details

Document Type
DoD Grant Award
Publication Date
Feb 06, 2017
Source ID
FA95501710129

Entities

People

  • Mark Linne

Organizations

  • Air Force Office of Scientific Research
  • United States Air Force
  • University of Edinburgh

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Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Distributed Systems and Data Platform Development
  • Organic Chemistry
  • Petroleum Engineering