Influences of Residence time of Fuel Vapor Transport on Sooting Behavior of Ethanol Droplet Flames in Microgravity

A series of experiments were performed to elucidate the influence of residence time of fuel vapor transport on the sooting behavior of microgravity ethanol droplet flames using the 2.2 sec drop-tower facilities at the NASA Glenn Research Center (GRC). In these experiments, the residence time of fuel vapor transport was adjusted by means of changes in initial droplet diameters (1.6 mm versus 1.9 mm) and oxygen concentrations (ranging from 21 % to...