Weak burning and gas-phase ignition about a carbon particle in an oxidizing atmosphere

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Abstract

The departure from frozen flow behavior about a carbon particle in an oxidizing atmosphere, has been discussed in order to obtain the burning rate M over a wide range of the Damkohler number Dg(rep-resenting either the particle size or the ambient pressure). The frozen limit (Dg→0) leads to values of M ranging up to M2, the maximum burning rate corresponding to diffusion controlled heterogeneous reactions. By contrast, for finite values of Dgwe find that the burning rate is limited by M1g<M2. The maximum Damkohler number Dg° given by an explicit formula, corresponds to gas phase ignition.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)43-48
Number of pages6
JournalCombustion science and technology
Volume25
Issue number1-2
DOIs
StatePublished - Jan 1 1981
Externally publishedYes

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • General Chemistry
  • General Chemical Engineering
  • Fuel Technology
  • Energy Engineering and Power Technology
  • General Physics and Astronomy

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