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The aeronautical sector contributes significantly to greenhouse gases and pollutant emissions. The negative impact of these emissions in the environment has raised awareness for the introduction of alternative and greener fuels. The implementation of alternative fuels remains one of the main challenges for this sector in the near future. The aeronautical industry is characterized by the dependence on single fossil fuel and by a long service time of its assets. For these reasons, the main research drive has been around the development of “drop-in” fuels, which are alternative fuels that can be used in the already existing fleet without significant modifications.
One of the proposed solutions is the blending of biofuels with jet fuel, which would allow the use of greener fuels and a reduction in greenhouse gases and emissions without significant changes in the existing companies’ fleets. In this context, the present work evaluates the ignition and the combustion of single droplets of jet-fuel, hydroprocessed vegetable oil (NExBTL), and their mixtures in a drop tube furnace. The main research focus of this study is to evaluate the influence of the mixture composition in the fuel-burning characteristics.
Droplets with diameters of 155 ± 5 μm, produced by a commercial droplet generator, were injected into the top of the drop tube furnace. Three temperatures were investigated 900, 1000, and 1100 °C. The ignition and combustion of the droplets were evaluated through the images obtained with a high-speed camera (CR600x2) coupled with a high magnification lens (Navitar 6000 zoom lens) and treated with an edge detection algorithm. The images allowed for the observation of the burning phenomena, and the data reported the temporal evolution of the droplet sizes and burning rates. The pure fuels and mixtures followed the D2 law, except for the mixture with 75% jet-fuel/ 25% biofuel at 1100 °C that reveals disruptive burning phenomena contributing to the enhancement of the single droplet combustion. The disruptive burning phenomena are related to the appearance of “puffing” and micro-explosions at the end of the droplet lifetime.
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Biofuel Micro-explosions Puffing Single droplet combustion
Citation
G. Pacheco, A. Silva, M. Costa, "Combustion behavior of Jet-A1 single droplets and its blends with Hydroprocessed Vegetable Oil in a drop tube furnace", ILASS-Asia-2020, 21st Annual Conference on Liquid Atomization and Spray Systems - Asia, Zhenjiang, China, 23-26 october, 2020
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ILASS - Asia, Institute for Liquid Atomization and Spray Systems