Infrared thermography and numerical study of vaporization characteristics of pure and blended bio-fuel droplets

International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer

Volumn 53, Issue 19-20, 2010, Pages 3862-3873

  Saha, Abhishek ^a   Kumar, Ranganathan ^a   Basu, Saptarshi ^a  

^a University of Central Florida   (United States)

Author keywords

Bio fuel; IR thermography; Levitated droplet; Multi component droplets

Indexed keywords

AIR STREAMS; ALTERNATE FUELS; COMBUSTION DYNAMICS; CONVENTIONAL FUEL; FUEL DROPLETS; HOMOGENOUS MIXTURES; HOT AIR; INFRARED THERMOGRAPHY; IR THERMOGRAPHY; LEVITATED DROPLET; MULTICOMPONENTS; NUMERICAL STUDIES; RAPESEED METHYL ESTER; SINGLE DROPLET; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT;

COMBUSTION; DROP FORMATION; ESTERS; ETHANOL; ETHANOL FUELS; FUEL SYSTEMS; GASOLINE; HEATING; MIXERS (MACHINERY); MIXING; THERMOGRAPHY (IMAGING); THERMOGRAPHY (TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT); VAPORIZATION;

FUELS;

EID: 77954538077     PISSN: 00179310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2010.05.003     Document Type: Article

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