On the Formation of Nitrogen Oxides During the Combustion of ...

List of Figures
1.1 Schematic Illustration of Liquid Fuel Injection and Spray Combustion.
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1.2 Schematic of Droplet Envelope Flames. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
2.1 Structure of Laminar Premixed Flame. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
2.2 Effect of Equivalence Ratio and Unmixedness in the Primary
Zone of a Combustor on NO Formation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
2.3 Impact of Liquid Fuel Pre-Vaporization on Nitrogen Oxide Emissions.
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2.4 Group Combustion Modes of a Droplet Cloud. . . . . . . . . . . . 25
2.5 Schematic of Flame Propagation Modes for Linear Droplet Arrays. 27
2.6 Laminar Flame Speed of a Premixed n-Decane Flame. . . . . . . 42
2.7 Temperature Dependence of the Extended Zeldovich Mechanism. 44
2.8 Temperature Dependence for Investigated Combinations of
C 10 H 22 Mechanism and NO x Kinetics. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
2.9 Reactivity of the Initial Reactions of the Prompt NO Mechanism. 45
2.10 Temperature Profile and Mass Fractions of the Oxides of Nitrogen
over a Laminar Premixed Flame of Methane. . . . . . . . . . 50
2.11 Temperature Profile and Mass Fractions of the Oxides of Nitrogen
over a Laminar Premixed Flame of n-Decane. . . . . . . . . . 50
2.12 Profiles of Temperature, Axial Velocity, and Mass Fractions over
a Counterflow Diffusion Flame of Methane. . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
2.13 Mass Fraction of Nitric Oxide over Counterflow Diffusion Flame
of Methane. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
2.14 Experimental and Numerical Data on Nitrogen Oxide Formation
for Counterflow Configuration. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
3.1 Schematic on Pre-Vaporization of a Linear Droplet Array. . . . . 58
3.2 Droplet Array Combustion Unit (DCU). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
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