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Ignition characteristics of liquid hydrocarbon fuels as single droplets
Author(s) -
Bergeron Carol A.,
Hallett William L. H.
Publication year - 1989
Publication title -
the canadian journal of chemical engineering
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.404
H-Index - 67
eISSN - 1939-019X
pISSN - 0008-4034
DOI - 10.1002/cjce.5450670120
Subject(s) - ignition system , autoignition temperature , boiling point , hydrocarbon , liquid fuel , boiling , materials science , thermodynamics , nuclear engineering , chemical engineering , mechanics , chemistry , combustion , organic chemistry , physics , engineering
An investigation into the effects of fuel boiling point and chemical type on the autoignition of single droplets of a number of pure hydrocarbons is reported. Ignition delay times were measured using the suspended droplet technique, and a numerical model was developed to extract reaction rate constants for the fuels. The results show that both fuel boiling point and chemical kinetics are important contributors to the ignition delay.