Combustion Characteristics of Small Isolated Methanol Droplets

The paper presents a transient, axisymmetric numerical simulation of combustion of methanol droplets in a nearly quiescent environment (with ambient temperature of 1200 K, ambient pressure of 1 atm., and Reynolds number of 10−2). The focus is on the combustion process of droplet sizes applicable in a practical spray. A gradual transition from kinetically controlled combustion to diffusion controlled combustion is found with the increase in...