The role of preferential evaporation on the ignition of multicomponent fuels in a homogeneous spray/air mixture

This work examines the importance of preferential evaporation and liquid species diffusion on the ignition of multicomponent surrogate fuels in homogeneous mixtures. To this end, a model is developed that considers the evaporation of a monodisperse droplet cloud in a homogeneous and isobaric gas-phase environment. The mathematical model accounts for physico-chemical relevant processes, involving (i) species diffusion in the liquid phase, (ii)...