Evaporation characteristics of fuel droplets with the addition of nanoparticles under natural and forced convections

International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer

Volumn 54, Issue 23-24, 2011, Pages 4913-4922

  Gan, Yanan ^a   Qiao, Li ^a  

^a Purdue University   (United States)

Author keywords

D2 law; Evaporation rate; Fuel droplet; Nanofluids; Nanoparticle; Particle aggregation

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM NANOPARTICLES; DROPLET EVAPORATION; EVAPORATION RATE; FLOW TEMPERATURE; FUEL DROPLET; FUEL DROPLETS; MODELING RESULTS; NANOFLUIDS; PARTICLE AGGREGATION; POPULATION BALANCE EQUATION;

DROPS; EVAPORATION; FORCED CONVECTION; FUEL SYSTEMS; FUELS; NANOFLUIDICS; NANOPARTICLES; PHASE TRANSITIONS;

AGGLOMERATION;

EID: 80052152897     PISSN: 00179310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2011.07.003     Document Type: Article

References (23)

1. S.U.S. Choi Nanofluids: from vision to reality through research J. Heat Transfer - Trans. ASME 131 3 2009 033106 1-9
2. X.W. Wang, X.F. Xu, and S.U.S. Choi Thermal conductivity of nanoparticle-fluid mixture J. Thermophys. Heat Transfer 13 4 1999 474 480 (Pubitemid 30505948)
3. W.H. Yu, D.M. France, J.L. Routbort, and S.U.S. Choi Review and comparison of nanofluid thermal conductivity and heat transfer enhancements Heat Transfer Eng. 29 5 2008 432 460 (Pubitemid 351287612)
4. S. Senthilraja, M. Karthikeyan, and R. Gangadevi Nanofluid applications in future automobiles: comprehensive review of existing data Nano-Micro Lett. 2 4 2010 306 310
5. R.A. Yetter, G.A. Risha, and S.F. Son Metal particle combustion and nanotechnology Proc. Combust. Inst. 32 2009 1819 1838
6. D. Jackson, D. Davidson, R. Hanson, Application of an aerosol shock tube for the kinetic studies of n-dodecane/nano-aluminum slurries, in: 44th AIAA/ASME/SAE/ASEE Joint Propulsion Conference and Exhibit, Hartford, CT, United States, 2008.
7. H. Tyagi, P.E. Phelan, R. Prasher, R. Peck, T. Lee, J.R. Pacheco, and P. Arentzen Increased hot-plate ignition probability for nanoparticle-laden diesel fuel Nano Lett. 8 5 2008 1410 1416
8. Y. Gan, and L. Qiao Combustion characteristics of fuel droplets with addition of nano and micron-sized aluminum particles Combust. Flame 158 2 2011 354 368
9. S.R. Turns An Introduction to Combustion: Concepts and Application 2006 McGraw-Hill Science
10. C.H. Chon, S. Paik, J.B. Tipton, and K.D. Kihm Effect of nanoparticle sizes and number densities on the evaporation and dryout characteristics for strongly pinned nanofluid droplets Langmuir 23 6 2007 2953 2960 (Pubitemid 46450121)
11. K. Sefiane, and R. Bennacer Nanofluids droplets evaporation kinetics and wetting dynamics on rough heated substrates Adv. Colloid Interface Sci. 147-48 2009 263 271
12. R.H. Chen, T.X. Phuoc, and D. Martello Effects of nanoparticles on nanofluid droplet evaporation Int. J. Heat Mass Transfer 53 19-20 2010 3677 3682
13. A. Gedanken Using sonochemistry for the fabrication of nanomaterials Ultrason. Sonochem. 11 2 2004 47 55 (Pubitemid 38340852)
14. D.H. Napper Steric stabilization J. Colloid Interf. Sci. 58 2 1977 390 407
15. Y.J. Shin, and Y.H. Shen Preparation of coal slurry with organic solvents Chemosphere 68 2 2007 389 393
16. I. Langmuir The evaporation of small spheres Phys. Rev. 12 5 1918 368 370
17. P. Taboada-Serrano, C.J. Chin, S. Yiacoumi, and C. Tsouris Modeling aggregation of colloidal particles Curr. Opin. Colloid Interface Sci. 10 3-4 2005 123 132 (Pubitemid 41565545)
18. S. Kumar, and D. Ramkrishna On the solution of population balance equations by discretization - I. A fixed pivot technique Chem. Eng. Sci. 51 8 1996 1311 1332 (Pubitemid 126660704)
19. J.H. Fendler, and I. Dekany Nanoparticles in Solids and Solutions 1996 Kluwer Academic Publishers Boston
20. M. Smoluchowski Mathematical theory of the kinetics of the coagulation of colloidal solutions Z. Phys. Chem. 92 1917 129 168
21. C.K. Law Recent advances in droplet vaporization and combustion Prog. Energy Combust. Sci. 8 3 1982 171 201 (Pubitemid 12552517)
22. J.J. Zhang, and X.Y. Li Modeling particle-size distribution dynamics in a flocculation system AIChE J. 49 7 2003 1870 1882
23. Z.L. Chen, and Z.J. You New expression for collision efficiency of spherical nanoparticles in Brownian coagulation Appl. Math. Mech. - English Ed. 31 7 2010 851 860