A vessel has been designed for nonreacting fuel-injection experiments with continuous flow of sweep gas at pressures up to 1380 kPa and temperatures up to 200 °C. Four orthogonal windows provide optical access for high-speed spray-visualization using a fast-pulsed light emitting diode (LED) and a high-speed camera. Initial experiments have been conducted to determine spray characteristics of n-heptane. At room conditions, liquid length and cone angle were 170 mm and 14.5 deg, respectively. With air flow in the chamber at 690 kPa and 100 °C, liquid length was considerably shorter at 92 mm and cone angle was wider at 16.5 deg.
Issue Section:
Gas Turbines: Combustion, Fuels, and Emissions
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