Characteristics of burning Jet A fuel and Jet A fuel-water emulsion sprays

✍ Scribed by H. Jahani; S.R. Gollahalli

• Publisher: Elsevier Science
• Year: 1980
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 555 KB
• Volume: 37
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0010-2180
• DOI: 10.1016/0010-2180(80)90081-4

✦ Synopsis

An investigation has been conducted into the effects of emulsion characteristics on the flame structure of pure Jet A fuel, Jet A fuel and surfactant blend, and Jet A fuel-water-surfactant emulsion sprays burning over an air-blast atomizer in quiescent and swirling surroundings. The effects of surfactant concentration and water concentration on the characteristics of emulsions, flame stability, axial and radial temperature profiles, the total radiation emitted, and the soot concentration are documented. It is concluded that the addition of surfactant alone to fuel changes the flame characteristics very slightly, whereas changes in both surfactant and water concentrations in emulsions affect the flame structure considerably.