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Experimental study on evaporation characteristics of single and multiple fuel droplets

In this work, evaporation experiments of multiple droplets are carried out in a stagnant hot atmospheric environment (573, 673 and 773 K) using high-speed backlit image technique. Three fuel droplets with nearly same initial diameter are suspended at intersections of two 0.1 mm quartz fibers. The no...

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Published in:Journal of the Energy Institute 2020-08, Vol.93 (4), p.1473-1480
Main Authors: Wang, Jigang, Huang, Xiaoyu, Qiao, Xinqi, Ju, Dehao, Sun, Chunhua
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Language:English
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Summary:In this work, evaporation experiments of multiple droplets are carried out in a stagnant hot atmospheric environment (573, 673 and 773 K) using high-speed backlit image technique. Three fuel droplets with nearly same initial diameter are suspended at intersections of two 0.1 mm quartz fibers. The normalized droplet spacing (s/d0) of three droplets is 2.25. The results show that the evaporation process of single, edge and central fuel droplet containing three stage: initial heating, unsteady evaporation and quasi-steady evaporation stage. Classical d2 law is still suitable for edge and central droplet at quasi-steady evaporation stage. The third stage of edge and central droplet accounts for more than 60% of droplet lifetime at low temperatures and about 50% at high temperatures. The evaporation rate constant of edge and central droplet increases and droplet lifetime decreases with increasing ambient temperature. The evaporation time of edge and central droplet at first and third stage is higher than single droplet, but lower than single droplet in the second stage. More importantly, the evaporation interactions between droplets is significant at low temperature. Compared with single droplet, the lifetime of central droplet is increased by 31.8%, 18.6% and 25.9%, respectively. •Classical d2 law is still suitable for multiple droplets evaporation process.•Steady evaporation is the main stage of multiple droplets evaporation.•Evaporation interactions between droplets is significant at low temperature.•Evaporation rate constant increases with increasing ambient temperature.
ISSN:1743-9671
DOI:10.1016/j.joei.2020.01.009