Slow reaction, cool flames and autoignition are discussed in the context of unstirred, static reactors at terrestrial (1g) and microgravity (μg) environments. At 1g, conductive heat transport is important when the Rayleigh number (Ra) is less than 600, conduction and convection are important when the Ra ranges from 600 to approximately 10 4 and convection governs when Ra exceeds 10 4 . Except for highly-diluted, weakly exothermic reactions, the Ra for all laboratory-scale, lg experiments ranges from 10 3 –10 5 . Hence, convection and conduction are important at 1g. Existing models, however, neglect convection, in lieu of conduction, to simplify mathematical formulation. While this assumption is not valid for most 1g cool flames and autoignitions, it is valid at μg where Ra numbers on the order of 10–100 are easily attained in drop towers and aircraft. Aboard the Space Shuttle and Station, typical Ra’s are order 1/10–1.


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    Title :

    The role of natural convection on cool flames and autoignition


    Contributors:

    Conference:

    SPACE TECHNOLOGY AND APPLICATIONS INTERNATIONAL FORUM - 2000 ; 2000 ; Albuquerque, New Mexico (USA)


    Published in:

    AIP Conference Proceedings ; 504 , 1 ; 408-415


    Publication date :

    2000-01-19


    Size :

    8 pages





    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English



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