Evaporation of a suspended droplet in forced convective high-pressure environments

Combustion Science and Technology

Volumn 175, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 2237-2268

  Zhang, Hongtao ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

Evaporation; Forced convection; Suspended droplet

Indexed keywords

BUOYANCY; COMBUSTION; DROP FORMATION; EVAPORATION; FLAME RESEARCH; HIGH PRESSURE EFFECTS; MICROGRAVITY PROCESSING; SOLUBILITY; STRESS ANALYSIS;

AMBIENT PRESSURE; LIQUID-PHASE MOTION; MASS FRACTION; POWER DENSITY ANALYSIS;

FORCED CONVECTION;

EID: 0344121743     PISSN: 00102202     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/714923282     Document Type: Article

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