Module 6: Diffusion Flame
  Lecture 32: The Temperature Profile
 


Droplet Combustion in Convective Environment

In practical devices, both free and forced convection will prevail,

Flow past the fuel droplet for Re > 20

  • Front portion of the droplet – Boundary layer.
  • Rear portion – Wake region

In practical devices, forced convection is more predominant

Boundary condition at the droplet surface,

-------(1)

Where,

-------(2)
- Convective heat transfer coefficient  

Combining the above two expressions,

-------(3)