Burning droplets of heavy oil residual blended with diesel light oil: Characterization of burning steps

Combustion Science and Technology

Volumn 174, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 115-145

  Xu, Guangwen ^a   Ikegami, Masiki ^a   Honma, Senji ^a   Ikeda, Kouji ^a   Nagaishi, Hiroshi ^a   Takeshita, Yasuhiro ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

^b JSUP   (Japan)

Author keywords

Droplet combustion; Heavy oil; Ignition; Multicomponent fuel; Residual oil; Spray combustion

Indexed keywords

BLENDING; COKE; COMPOSITION EFFECTS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CRUDE PETROLEUM; DIESEL FUELS; DROP FORMATION; FLAME RESISTANCE; HOT AIR HEATING; RESIDUAL FUELS; THERMAL EFFECTS;

BURNING DROPLETS; DIESEL LIGHT OIL; HEAVY OIL RESIDUAL; HOT AIR CHAMBER; IGNITION DELAY;

COMBUSTION;

EID: 0000208191     PISSN: 00102202     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/714922711     Document Type: Article

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