A two-phase turbulent combustion model (FSM) with the inclusion of individual droplet burning behavior was applied in a methanol air spray flame. The FSM model results were compared with the experimental data and results of the traditional two-phase turbulent combustion model (TM). The comparison of the results showed that in most regions the FSM model results were in good agreement with the experimental data. In all the three cases, the FSM model predictions showed the same tendency as the experimental data, which was better than the TM model results. So in the liquid methanol spray flame cases simulated in this paper under atmospheric condition, the FSM model is reasonable for temperature profiles prediction, which could be applied in other liquid fuel combustion simulation in the future. (C) 2013 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.