BEHAVIOR OF A FUEL OIL DROPLET ON A HOT SURFACE

R. Kalpokaite-Dichkuvene and G. Stravinskas

UDC 536.24

Combustion of a fuel oil droplet on a hot oblique surface, 
whose temperature varies between 350 and 700oC, 
has been studied experimentally. The influence of the heat conductivity 
of the wall and its roughness, as well as of the droplet-surface contact 
angle on the fuel combustion time has been determined. The data on 
the change in the droplet mass in the process of combustion are presented 
and chromatographic analysis of the fuel has been performed.

Lithuanian Energy Institute, 3 Breslaues Str., Kaunas, 
44403, Lithuania; email: regina@mail.lei.lt. Translated from Inzhenerno-Fizicheskii 
Zhurnal, Vol. 79, No. 1, pp. 11-19, January-February, 2006. 
Original article submitted July 12, 2004; revision submitted December 
12, 2004.