Sooting characteristics of isolated droplet burning in heated ambients under microgravity

This paper presents an investigation into the sooting characteristics of isolated droplets (for fuel n-decane) burning in heated ambients in microgravity. A backlit video view of the droplet was taken to determine the soot shell size and to judge the transient soot generation according to qualitative amount of soot. The independent experiment variables were the ambient temperature and initial droplet diameter. Soot generation was higher for...