<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <article key="pdf/4832" mdate="2008-05-27 00:00:00"> <author>K. Bashirnezhad and M. Moghiman and M. Javadi Amoli and F. Tofighi and S. Zabetnia</author> <title>Effect of Fuel Spray Angle on Soot Formation in Turbulent Spray Flames</title> <pages>670 - 675</pages> <year>2008</year> <volume>2</volume> <number>5</number> <journal>International Journal of Mechanical and Mechatronics Engineering</journal> <ee>https://publications.waset.org/pdf/4832</ee> <url>https://publications.waset.org/vol/17</url> <publisher>World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology</publisher> <abstract>Results are presented from a combined experimental and modeling study undertaken to understand the effect of fuel spray angle on soot production in turbulent liquid spray flames. The experimental work was conducted in a cylindrical laboratory furnace at fuel spray cone angle of 30&amp;ordm;, 45&amp;ordm; and 60&amp;ordm;. Soot concentrations inside the combustor are measured by filter paper technique. The soot concentration is modeled by using the soot particle number density and the mass density based acetylene concentrations. Soot oxidation occurred by both hydroxide radicals and oxygen molecules. The comparison of calculated results against experimental measurements shows good agreement. Both the numerical and experimental results show that the peak value of soot and its location in the furnace depend on fuel spray cone angle. An increase in spray angle enhances the evaporating rate and peak temperature near the nozzle. Although peak soot concentration increase with enhance of fuel spray angle but soot emission from the furnace decreases.</abstract> <index>Open Science Index 17, 2008</index> </article>