COMBUSTION OF LIQUID FUELS IN A FLOWING COMBUSTION GAS ENVIRONMENT AT HIGH PRESSURES.

The combustion of fuel droplets in gases which simulate combustion chamber conditions was considered both experimentally and theoretically. The fuel droplets were simulated by porous spheres and allowed to gasify in combustion gases produced by a burner. The fuels considered in the tests included methanol, ethanol, propanol-1, n-pentane, n-heptane and n-decane. The greatest difference between the low and high pressure phase equilibrium models was that the low pressure model predicts significantly lower pressures for the liquid surface to reach its thermodynamic critical point than the more complete high pressure version.