The characteristics of single droplet evaporation and spray combustion of kerosene/water emulsified fuel

Hirotatsu Watanabe, Takuji Hatada, Katsuyuki Hoshino, Haruyuki Kamata, Yohsuke Matsushita, Hideyuki Aoki, Takatoshi Miura

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Abstract

A single droplet experiment and a spray combustion experiment for kerosene/water emulsified fuel were carried out to investigate the characteristics of the secondary atomization and the spray combustion for the emulsified fuel. Moreover, numerical calculation of spray combustion of kerosene and the emulsified fuel without considering secondary atomization were carried out. In the single droplet experiment, a micro-explosion and a puffing were observed. While the average superheat temperature of the droplet just before the occurrence of the micro-explosion was 40 K, that just before the occurrence of the puffing was 25 K. It was shown that the superheat temperature was the dominant factor in determining the secondary atomization behavior. In the spray combustion experiment, gas temperature distribution became uniform when the emulsified fuel was used. The calculation results of kerosene were in good agreement with the experimental ones. However, the calculated results of the emulsified fuel were different from experimental ones because the secondary atomization was not considered in the calculation. From these results, it was shown that the secondary atomization had a significant effect on the combustion characteristics.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationECOS 2008 - Proceedings of the 21st International Conference on Efficiency, Cost, Optimization, Simulation and Environmental Impact of Energy Systems
EditorsZygmunt Kolenda, Andrzej Ziebik, Wojciech Stanek
PublisherSilesian University of Technology
Pages815-822
Number of pages8
ISBN (Electronic)9788392238140
Publication statusPublished - 2008
Event21st International Conference on Efficiency, Cost, Optimization, Simulation and Environmental Impact of Energy Systems, ECOS 2008 - Cracow-Gliwice, Poland
Duration: 2008 Jun 242008 Jun 27

Publication series

NameECOS 2008 - Proceedings of the 21st International Conference on Efficiency, Cost, Optimization, Simulation and Environmental Impact of Energy Systems

Conference

Conference21st International Conference on Efficiency, Cost, Optimization, Simulation and Environmental Impact of Energy Systems, ECOS 2008
Country/TerritoryPoland
CityCracow-Gliwice
Period08/6/2408/6/27

Keywords

  • Emulsified fuel
  • Secondary atomization
  • Spray combustion

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