# Existence of travelling waves and high activation energy limits for a onedimensional thermo-diffusive lean spray flame model

## TL;DR

This paper mathematically analyzes a thermo-diffusive lean spray flame model, proving the existence of travelling waves and identifying two distinct combustion regimes in the high activation energy limit.

## Contribution

It introduces a rigorous mathematical framework for understanding combustion regimes in spray flames, including explicit profiles and transition conditions.

## Key findings

- Existence of travelling wave solutions in the model
- Identification of diffusion limited and vaporisation controlled regimes
- Explicit characterization of combustion velocities and profiles

## Abstract

We provide a mathematical analysis of a thermo-diffusive combustion model of lean spray flames, for which we prove the existence of travelling waves. In the high activation energy singular limit we show the existence of two distinct combustion regimes with a sharp transition -- the diffusion limited regime and the vaporisation controlled regime. The latter is specific to spray flames with slow enough vaporisation. We give a complete characterisation of these regimes, including explicit velocities, profiles, and upper estimate of the size of the internal combustion layer. Our model is on the one hand simple enough to allow for explicit asymptotic limits and on the other hand rich enough to capture some particular aspects of spray combustion. Finally, we briefly discuss the cases where the vaporisation is infinitely fast, or where the spray is polydisperse.