Soot Volume Fraction and Temperature Properties of High Liquid Loading Spray Flames.
Soot Volume Fraction and Temperature Properties of High
Liquid Loading Spray Flames.
(525 K)
Wade, R. A.; Sivathanu, Y. R.; Gore, J. P.
Combustion Institute/Central and Western States (USA)
and Combustion Institute/Mexican National Section and
American Flame Research Committee. Combustion
Fundamentals and Applications. Joint Technical Meeting.
Proceedings. April 23-26, 1995, San Antonio, TX, Gore,
J. P., Editor(s), 791-796 pp, 1995.
Sponsor:
National Institute of Standards and Technology,
Gaithersburg, MD
Keywords:
combustion; soot; volume; temperature; burning rate;
flame length; radiative heat loss
Abstract:
The relationship between burning rate, visible flame
length, and sooting properties of spray flames is
investigated. Multiwavelength emission/absorption
spectroscopy was applied to the measurement of soot
volume fractions and temperatures for high liquid
loading effervescent atomized flames. The statistics of
the emission and absorption data were interpreted in
terms of the statistics of the local properties using a
novel discrete probability function based deconvolution
method. The results show the coupled effects of soot
volume fractions and temperature on the radiative heat
loss from the spray flames. The effervescent atomized
burner configuration allows a study of the radiation
properties over a wider range of soot and temperature
combinations than that allowed by gas jet flames.
Comparison between conventional deconvolution techniques
and the present method show that consideration of
turbulence/radiation interactions is essential in
applying tomography to time varying fields.
Building and Fire Research Laboratory
National Institute of Standards and Technology
Gaithersburg, MD 20899