Kinetic modelling of fuel droplet heating and evaporation: calculations and approximations

International Journal of Engineering Systems Modelling and Simulation

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 169-176

  Sazhin, S S ^a   Shishkova, I N ^b   Heikal, M R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRIGHTON   (United Kingdom)

^b MOSCOW POWER ENGINEERING INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

diesel engines; droplet; evaporation; heating; kinetic modelling

Indexed keywords

EID: 79952634153     PISSN: 17559758     EISSN: 17559766     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJESMS.2010.035112     Document Type: Article

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