A new approach to modelling micro-explosions in composite droplets
- Submitting institution
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University of Brighton
- Unit of assessment
- 12 - Engineering
- Output identifier
- 14296208
- Type
- D - Journal article
- DOI
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10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2020.120238
- Title of journal
- International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer
- Article number
- 120238
- First page
- 1
- Volume
- 161
- Issue
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- ISSN
- 0017-9310
- Open access status
- Compliant
- Month of publication
- August
- Year of publication
- 2020
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- Supplementary information
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- Output has been delayed by COVID-19
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- COVID-19 affected output statement
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- Forensic science
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- Criminology
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- Interdisciplinary
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- Number of additional authors
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5
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- Proposed double-weighted
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- Reserve for an output with double weighting
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- Additional information
- The accurate prediction of the complex heat and mass transfer processes in composite water/fuel droplets is essential to better understand their impact on engine performance. This paper is significant because it presents a new mathematical model based on analytical solutions that predicts puffing/micro-explosion times, for the first time accounting for the emulsified droplets’ thermal swelling, evaporation, and dependence of the nucleation temperature on heating rate. This research is a key outcome of two EPSRC grants (EP/M002608/1, EP/R012024/1) and underpinned a successful UKRI Future Leaders Fellowship proposal (MR/T043326/1).
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- Non-English
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- English abstract
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