Journal
ENERGY
Volume 171, Issue -, Pages 654-665Publisher
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.energy.2019.01.046
Keywords
Auto-ignition characteristics; Single droplet; Butanol-hexadecane blends; Elevated pressures and temperatures
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- Graduate's Innovation Fund of Huazhong University of Science and Technology [5003120004]
- Foundation of State Key Laboratory of Coal Combustion [FSKLCCA1811]
- Postdoctoral Innovation Talents Support Program of China [BX20180111]
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [51676078]
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Auto-ignition characteristics of a butanol-hexadecane droplet were researched under ambient gauge pressures of 5 and 10 bar and ambient temperatures of 553, 633 and 713 K. Butanol-hexadecane blends of 0%, 25% and 50% n-butanol by mass (hereafter denoted by BUT'XX') were tested in a bilayer-structure chamber (BSC). Five sub-stages were observed, namely stable evaporation, faint partially premixed combustion, bright partially premixed combustion, diffusion combustion and droplet falling. Faint partially premixed combustion and droplet falling were observed under elevated pressures but not under atmospheric pressure. The temperature growth rate was generally different in these sub-stages. Four different temperature growth rates were found under 633 K and 5 bar, while only three different temperature growth rates were found under 713 K and 5 bar. The auto-ignition delay was negatively correlated with ambient pressure and temperature. The auto-ignition delay of BUT25 was shorter than that of BUTOO and BUT50 under 633 K and 5 bar, while the increase of n-butanol led to the increase of auto-ignition delay under 633 K and 10 bar. The auto-ignition distance reflected the transportation of fuel vapor in the auto-ignition delay. The auto-ignition distance changed in a similar manner with the auto ignition delay. (C) 2019 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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