This work numerically studies the evaporation characteristics of 6 typical gas turbine fuels (JP-4, JP-5, JP-7, RT, Jet A-1, and TS-1, respectively). In this work, the influence of ambient temperature and liquid properties on the droplet lifetime is examined. At the same initial conditions (. fuel temperature Ts0 = 300 K, droplet diameter D0 = 1 mm and atmospheric pressure p = kPa) and low ambient temperature (. 500 K), significant differences in evaporation characteristics among these fuels are observed. JP-4 has the longest droplet lifetime while JP-7’s is the shortest. |
