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Combustion of Droplets in a Fuel Spray

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A FUNDAMENTAL investigation is in progress at the National Gas Turbine Establishment of the mechanism of the combustion of droplets in a fuel spray. In particular, the factors influencing the rate of burning, that is, the rate of evaporation of the burning drops, are being investigated. This preliminary note summarizes briefly some of the main results obtained to date, which are to be reported in full elsewhere.

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GODSAVE, G. Combustion of Droplets in a Fuel Spray. Nature 164, 708–709 (1949). https://doi.org/10.1038/164708b0

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