The Effect of Non-Luminous Thermal Radiation in Microgravity Droplet Combustion

The effect or radiative heat loss from isolated droplet flames is usually assumed to be negligible. For the small droplet sizes studied in most isolated droplet combustion experiments conducted to dale (< 1.0 mm), this assumption has been shown to be reasonable. For example, by neglecting radiation, a detailed numerical model accurately predicts the burning rate, flame position and extinction diameter for 1 millimeter-sized methanol/waler...