Effect of Temperature on the Liquid Bridging Force while Maintaining Physical Stability in Solid-Liquid Mixed Fuel

ACS Omega. 2024 Apr 22;9(17):19669-19678. doi: 10.1021/acsomega.4c01904. eCollection 2024 Apr 30.

Abstract

The temperature factor is an important factor affecting the intercomponent forces while maintaining the physical stability of solid-liquid mixed fuels. Through self-designed experimental equipment, feedback was provided on the fuel stratification and density distribution uniformity with solid-liquid volume ratios of 1.25:1 and 1:1 under different temperature conditions. As the viscosity of the liquid increased with decreasing temperature, the ability of the fuel to overcome particle deposition was enhanced. Although none of the three fuel ratios with a solid-liquid volume ratio of 1.25:1 showed stratification, the differences in the liquid bridging forces of the components resulted in an increasingly uneven distribution of density with increasing surface tension of the liquid components. By analyzing the imaging results and measuring the liquid bridge force, it was found that the fuel with a nitromethane mass ratio of 40% had the lowest temperature effect on the solid-liquid contact area and the most uniform density distribution. Properly reducing the surface tension of liquid components could effectively resist the influence of the temperature on the liquid bridge force while maintaining the physical stability of the fuel.