Development of a quasi-dimensional vaporization model for multi-component fuels focusing on forced convection and high temperature conditions

摘要

A new quasi-dimensional multi-component vaporization model considering the finite thermal conductivity and mass diffusivity within the droplet was constructed. First, the heat flux of conduction, enthalpy diffusion, and radiation absorption in the gas phase were calculated based on the Fourier's law, a multi-diffusion sub-model, and a simplified analytical solution, respectively. The phase equilibrium at the gas-liquid interface was calculated by the ideal and real gas approaches according to the ambient pressure. For the liquid phase, the assumption of the quadratic polynomial distributions of the temperature and component concentration within the droplet was proposed in the quasi-dimensional model. Then, the proposed vaporization model was extensively validated by the experimental measurements, and good agreements were observed. Based on the computational results, the vaporization and movement behaviors of fuel droplets under forced convection conditions were further understood. Finally, by comparing with the zero-dimensional vaporization model with uniform temperature and component concentration distributions within the droplet and the one-dimensional vaporization model with finite thermal conductivity and mass diffusivity in the radical direction of the droplet, it is found that the quasi-dimensional model agrees better with the one-dimensional model than the zero-dimensional model, especially for the conditions with high ambient temperature and velocity. Sensitivity analysis indicates that the temperature gradient within the droplet plays a significantly important role in the droplet vaporization process.