Analysis of evaporation and autoignition of droplet clouds with a unit cell model considering transient evaporating boundary layer

• Published in: International journal of heat and mass transfer Vol. 214; p. 124239
• Main Authors: Li, Shangpeng, Zhang, Huangwei, Law, Chung K.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier Ltd 01.11.2023
• Subjects: Autoignition; Cloud evaporation; Evaporating boundary layer; Gas-phase transient effect; Unit cell; Gas-phase transient effect; Evaporating boundary layer; Autoignition; Unit cell; Cloud evaporation

•Analysis of cloud evaporation and autoignition based on an extended unit cell model.•Gas-phase transient effect is incorporated by considering evaporating boundary layer.•Ignition initially occurs in the relatively hot and fuel-lean region for normal cases.•A minimum ignition temperature is attaine...