Burning rates or evaporation rates of fuel drops have been calculated for spherical geometry (see for example F.A. Williams' book "Combustion Theory", 1985, 2nd. Ed. p. 47), by a combination of theoretical and experimental techniques. These estimates have been used to approximate evaporation rates for curved surfaces, e.g. Lian and Reitz (1993), by approximating by the local curvature of the surface. But is there any more accurate way to calculate this evaporation rates either from a theoretical or experimental source?
It does seem very helpful, I will take a thorough look into this review. when I can get the full version Thank you!
I do not understand your problem. The curvature for fuel droplets is very small compared to the mean free path of the molecules so what effects are you thinking of that would differ from the classical formulation you find in the many textbooks, not only the one you mention
As for the publication: It is behind a pay-wall so I only saw the abstract. That does not give numbers on the percentage difference of their extended ideas and the classical approach, which makes it rather worthless.
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