Droplets and Sprays : Applications for Combustion and Propulsion

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This book focuses on droplets and sprays relevant to combustion and propulsion applications. The book includes fundamental studies on the heating, evaporation and combustion of individual droplets and basic mechanisms of spray formation. The contents also extend to the latest analytical, numerical and experimental techniques for investigating the behavior of sprays in devices like combustion engines and gas turbines. In addition, the book explores several emerging areas like interactions between sprays and flames and the dynamic characteristics of spray combustion systems on the fundamental side, as well as the development of novel fuel injectors for specific devices on the application side. Given its breadth of coverage, the book will benefit researchers and professionals alike. Front Matter ....Pages i-xiv Front Matter ....Pages 1-1 Introduction to Droplets and Sprays: Applications for Combustion and Propulsion (Saptarshi Basu, Avinash Kumar Agarwal, Achintya Mukhopadhyay, Chetankumar Patel)....Pages 3-6 Towards Combined Deterministic and Statistical Approaches to Modeling Dispersed Multiphase Flows (Shankar Subramaniam, S. Balachandar)....Pages 7-42 Front Matter ....Pages 43-43 Modelling of Droplet Heating and Evaporation (Sergei S. Sazhin)....Pages 45-75 Combustion of Multi-component Fuel Droplets (Srinibas Karmakar, S. K. Som, D. Chaitanya Kumar Rao)....Pages 77-114 Front Matter ....Pages 115-115 On Primary Atomization in Propulsive Device Fuel Injectors—A Short Review (Kuppuraj Rajamanickam, Achintya Mukhopadhyay, Saptarshi Basu)....Pages 117-140 A Comprehensive Model for Estimation of Spray Characteristics (Souvick Chatterjee, Achintya Mukhopadhyay, Swarnendu Sen)....Pages 141-165 Modeling of Flash Boiling Phenomenon in Internal and Near-Nozzle Flow of Fuel Injectors (Kaushik Saha, Michele Battistoni, Sibendu Som)....Pages 167-181 Novel Fuel Injection Systems for High-Speed Combustors (Kuppuraj Rajamanickam, Swapneel Roy, Saptarshi Basu)....Pages 183-216 Experimental Investigation of Spray Characteristics of Kerosene, Ethanol, and Ethanol-Blended Kerosene Using a Gas Turbine Hybrid Atomizer (Amlan Garai, Shinjan Ghosh, Swarnendu Sen, Achintya Mukhopadhyay)....Pages 217-245 Two-Phase Characterization for Turbulent Dispersion of Sprays: A Review of Optical Techniques (Srikrishna Sahu, M. Manish, Yannis Hardalupas)....Pages 247-273 Front Matter ....Pages 275-275 Turbulent Spray Combustion (Seong-Young Lee, Ahmed Abdul Moiz, Khanh D. Cung)....Pages 277-312 Modelling of Variance and Co-variance in Turbulent Flame–Droplet Interaction: A Direct Numerical Simulation Analysis (Sean P. Malkeson, Daniel H. Wacks, Nilanjan Chakraborty)....Pages 313-366 Front Matter ....Pages 367-367 Dynamics of Droplet Break-Up (Binita Pathak, Ranganathan Kumar, Saptarshi Basu)....Pages 369-401 Intermittency: A State that Precedes Thermoacoustic Instability (Samadhan A. Pawar, R. I. Sujith)....Pages 403-430