- Author
- Marchese, A. J. | Dryer, F. L. | Nayagam, V.
- Title
- Numerical Modeling of Isolated n-Alkane Droplet Flames: Initial Comparisons With Ground and Space-Based Microgravity Experiments.
- Coporate
- Rowan Univ., Glassboro, NJ Princeton Univ., NJ NASA Lewis Research Center, Cleveland, OH
- Journal
- Combustion and Flame, Vol. 116, No. 3, 432-459, February 1999
- Sponsor
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Lewis Research Center, Cleveland, OH
- Contract
- NAG-3-1231 CIIO-NCC3-487
- Keywords
- microgravity | experiments | droplets | combustion | alkanes | chemical kinetics | heptane | thermal decomposition | thermodynamics | combustion models | equations | ignition | flame structure
- Identifiers
- hetpane thermal decomposition; H atom abstraction; heptyl radical; senu-empirical hexadecane mechanism; transient ignition considerations; combustion of bicomponent normal alkane droplets