Microgravity Combustion: Fire in Free Fall
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Copyright Pageiv
- Contentsv
- Contributorsvii
- Prefaceix
- Chapter 1. Basics of Microgravity Combustion1
- 1. Motivation3
- 2. Fundamentals of the influence of gravity on flames5
- 3. Experimental methods to minimize the influence of buoyancy8
- 4. Achieving microgravity11
- 5. The candle flame as an example of gravitational influences on combustion27
- 6. Concluding remarks33
- Chapter 2. Premixed-gas Flames35
- 1. Introduction37
- 2. Comparison of time scales37
- 3. Flammability limits40
- 4. Flame instabilities48
- 5. Stretched and curved flames53
- 6. `Cool flames'67
- 7. Turbulent flames70
- 8. Recommendations for future studies71
- 9. Conclusions76
- Chapter 3. Laminar and Turbulent Gaseous Diffusion Flames83
- 1. Introduction85
- 2. Intrusion of gravity87
- 3. Laminar flames95
- 4. Turbulent flames149
- Chapter 4. Microgravity Droplet Combustion183
- 1. Introduction183
- 2. Classical theory of droplet combustion187
- 3. Role of spherical symmetry in droplet combustion theory and experiments194
- 4. Advances in theoretical description of droplet combustion197
- 5. Experimental methods208
- 6. Pure fuel droplet combustion: n-Heptane224
- 7. Methanol droplet combustion250
- 8. Multicomponent droplet combustion266
- 9. Extensions of isolated droplet combustion279
- 10. Concluding remarks289
- Chapter 5. Mechanisms of Flame Spread and Smolder Wave Propagation299
- 1. Flame spread over solid surfaces305
- 2. Flame spread across liquid pools345
- 3. An overview of microgravity smoldering367
- Chapter 6. Metal Particle Combustion and Classification419
- 1. Introduction419
- 2. Metal combustion classification423
- 3. Metal particle combustion regimes444
- 4. Microgravity metal combustion research462
- 5. Summary and future recommendations473
- Chapter 7. Microgravity Combustion for Materials Synthesis479
- 1. Introduction479
- 2. Condensed-phase combustion synthesis (CCS and SHS)481
- 3. Gas-phase combustion synthesis504
- 4. Concluding remarks519
- Chapter 8. Combustion Technology and Fire Safety for Human-crew Space Missions525
- 1. Introduction525
- 2. Fire prevention in spacecraft527
- 3. Fires and flame spread in low gravity533
- 4. Fire detection540
- 5. Fire control and suppression548
- 6. Combustion and fire in martian and lunar missions553
- 7. Concluding remarks557
- Index563
- Colour Plate SectionPlate 1
This book provides an introduction to understanding combustion, the burning of a substance that produces heat and often light, in microgravity environments-i.e., environments with very low gravity such as outer space. Readers are presented with a compilation of worldwide findings from fifteen years of research and experimental tests in various low-gravity environments, including drop towers, aircraft, and space.
Microgravity Combustion is unique in that no other book reviews low- gravity combustion research in such a comprehensive manner. It provides an excellent introduction for those researching in the fields of combustion, aerospace, and fluid and thermal sciences.
* An introduction to the progress made in understanding combustion in a microgravity environment
* Experimental, theoretical and computational findings of current combustion research
* Tutorial concepts, such as scaling analysis
* Worldwide microgravity research findings
Microgravity Combustion is unique in that no other book reviews low- gravity combustion research in such a comprehensive manner. It provides an excellent introduction for those researching in the fields of combustion, aerospace, and fluid and thermal sciences.
* An introduction to the progress made in understanding combustion in a microgravity environment
* Experimental, theoretical and computational findings of current combustion research
* Tutorial concepts, such as scaling analysis
* Worldwide microgravity research findings