DROPLET COMBUSTION

Que. 1. Calculate the evaporation rate constant for a 1 mm diameter water droplet evaporating into dry, hot air at
500 K and 1 atm.
Que. 2. Calculate the lifetimes for n-hexane droplets evaporating in a quiescent ambient environment of air at 800
K and 1 atm for initial diameters of 1000, 100, and 10 m. Also, calculate the mean evaporation rate defined as
m0/td, where m0 is the initial droplet mass. Assume the liquid density to be 664 kg/m3.
Que. 3. Determine the effect of ambient temperature on droplet lifetimes. Use as a base case of n-hexane with
D0=100 m, T=800 K. Use temperatures of 600 K, 800 K and 1000 K.
Que. 4. Determine the effect of pressure on the lifetimes of 500 m water droplets. The ambient environment is
dry air at 1000 K. Use pressures of 0.1, 0.5, and 1.0 MPa. Plot your results and discuss.
Que. 5.
A. Estimate the mass burning rate of a 1-mm diameter n-hexane droplet burning in air at atmospheric
pressure. Assume no heat is conducted into interior of the liquid droplet and the droplet temperature is
equal to the boiling point. The ambient temperature is 298 K.
B. Calculate the ratio of flame radius to droplet radius and flame temperature corresponding to (5-A).
C. Recalculate the solutions of 5-A and 5-B by removing the assumption that the droplet temperature is at
the boiling point. The Clausius-Clapeyron constants for n-hexane are A=25,591 atm and B=3471.2 K.
Que. 6. Starting with
+
= [, 1] +
(1 + )

And assuming that the heat transfer into the interior of the droplet is zero, show that

= ( ) + ( ) +

Que. 7. Starting with the flux balance equation, derive species conservation equations for the inner and outer
regions of flame for droplet combustion to give mass fraction of fuel and oxidizer.
Que. 8. Derive the energy conservation equation at the flame sheet for droplet combustion.
Que. 9. Derive the energy conservation equation at the interface between droplet and surrounding vapor for
droplet combustion.
Que. 10. Write an energy balance equation for heat transfer from flame to droplet through the gaseous inner
region.