Analytical and numerical studies on a single-droplet evaporation and combustion under forced convection  

作　　者：L.X.Zhou K.Li 

机构地区：[1]Department of Engineering Mechanics, Tsinghua University

出　　处：《Acta Mechanica Sinica》2015年第4期523-530,共8页力学学报（英文版）

基　　金：supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grants 51390493 and 51266008)

摘　　要：Existing droplet evaporation/combustion mod- els in computational fluid dynamics （CFD） simulation of spray combustion are based on simplified 1-D models. Both these models and recently developed 3-D models of single- droplet combustion do not give the conditions for the different existing droplet combustion modes. In this paper, droplet evaporation and combustion are studied both analytically and numerically. In the analytical solution, a 2-D axisymmetric flow surrounding an evaporating and combusting droplet was considered. The governing equations were solved using an integral method, similar to the Karman-Pohlhausen method for solving boundary-layer flows with pressure gradient. The results give a local evaporation rate and flame radius in agree- ment with experimental results. In numerical simulation, 3-D combusting gas flows surrounding an ethanol droplet were studied. The prediction results show three modes of droplet combustion under different relative velocities, explaining the change in the evaporation constant with an increase in relative velocity observed in experiments. This implies that different droplet combustion models should be developed in simu- lating spray combustion. The predicted local evaporation rate and flame radius by numerical simulation are in agree- ment with the analytical solution in the range of azimuthal angles 0° 〈 θ 〈 90°. The numerical results indicate that the drag force of an evaporating and combusting droplet is much smaller than that of a cold solid particle, and thus the currently used drag models should be modified.Existing droplet evaporation/combustion mod- els in computational fluid dynamics （CFD） simulation of spray combustion are based on simplified 1-D models. Both these models and recently developed 3-D models of single- droplet combustion do not give the conditions for the different existing droplet combustion modes. In this paper, droplet evaporation and combustion are studied both analytically and numerically. In the analytical solution, a 2-D axisymmetric flow surrounding an evaporating and combusting droplet was considered. The governing equations were solved using an integral method, similar to the Karman-Pohlhausen method for solving boundary-layer flows with pressure gradient. The results give a local evaporation rate and flame radius in agree- ment with experimental results. In numerical simulation, 3-D combusting gas flows surrounding an ethanol droplet were studied. The prediction results show three modes of droplet combustion under different relative velocities, explaining the change in the evaporation constant with an increase in relative velocity observed in experiments. This implies that different droplet combustion models should be developed in simu- lating spray combustion. The predicted local evaporation rate and flame radius by numerical simulation are in agree- ment with the analytical solution in the range of azimuthal angles 0° 〈 θ 〈 90°. The numerical results indicate that the drag force of an evaporating and combusting droplet is much smaller than that of a cold solid particle, and thus the currently used drag models should be modified.

关 键 词：Droplet evaporation and combustion Dropletcombustion modes Numerical simulation 

分 类 号：O35[理学—流体力学]