Journal of the Combustion Society of Japan
Online ISSN : 2424-1687
Print ISSN : 1347-1864
ISSN-L : 1347-1864
FEATURE —Utilization of microgravity environments in combustion research
Droplet Combustion Experiments in Microgravity
Masato MIKAMIHiroshi NOMURAYusuke SUGANUMAMitsuaki TANABEMasanori SAITO
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2024 Volume 66 Issue 218 Pages 228-238

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Abstract
Since Kumagai and Isoda conducted the first combustion experiment in microgravity in 1950s, droplet-combustion experiments have been evolving. Recently, a wide variety of multiple-droplet-combustion experiments has been conducted in space-based microgravity environments, such as “Group Combustion” experiments with randomly distributed droplet clouds, droplet-cloud elements, droplet-cluster array, and movable droplet arrays conducted aboard the Japanese Experiment Module “Kibo” on the ISS, and “Phoenix-2” experiments with droplet arrays using TEXUS sounding rocket. This paper describes some key techniques in droplet-combustion experiments, such as tethering droplets in space using fine SiC fibers and droplet formation on the SiC fibers by supplying liquid fuel through fine glass tubes. As recent experiments using the techniques, we report some results from “Group Combustion” experiments and the outline of “Phoenix-2.”
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