Radiative effects in space-based methanol/water droplet combustion experiments

The results from methanol/water droplet combustion experiments conducted on two separate spacebased investigations are analyzed and compared against the predictions of a detailed numerical model. These two investigations (Fiber Supported Droplet Combustion Investigations 1 and 2) were conducted aboard Space Shuttle Columbia missions STS-73 and STS-94 in November 1995 and July 1997, respectively. In these experiments, pure methanol droplets and...