Stabilizer, liquid spray flame with

Figure 5. Isotherms in liquid spray flame with disk stabilizer...

Air from the compressor enters the mixing chamber of the atomizer at sonic velocity and, after interaction with the liquid kerosene stream, emerges as a two-phase mixture, directed vertically upwards. The air flow from the annular stream forms a recirculation zone in the wake of the stabilizer disk. The flame is ignited by an external gas stream and subsequently bums independently as a flame in the open atmosphere. Droplets are initially confined to the air jet from the atomizer nozzle, but some of the finer droplets are taken up by the reverse flow of the stabilizer disk recirculation zone. Previous studies on spray combustion and details of atomizer design are reviewed by Chigier (J). 

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