Sooting laminar diffusion flames: Effect of dilution, additives, pressure, and microgravity

Soot volume fractions and smoke heights of hydrocarbon fuels are postulated to be determined by the extent of incipient particle growth within coannular diffusion flames. The extent is determined by the distance between the incipient particle and the diffusion flame isotherms. With this description of hydrocarbon diffusion flames, the reported experimental results of Glassman, Gülder, and Santoro and their coworkers on the effect of additives on...