Effects of fuel Lewis number on and Damkohler number scaling of nitric oxide emission level of Burke-Schumann type flames

Combustion Science and Technology

Volumn 127, Issue 1-6, 1997, Pages 293-318

  Chen, Ruey Hung ^a   Navedo, Jose E ^a   Chew, Larry ^a  

^a University of Central Florida   (United States)

Author keywords

Burke Schumann flame; Damkohler number; Diffusion flame; Flame length; Lewis number; Nitric oxide

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000607027     PISSN: 00102202     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00102209708935698     Document Type: Article

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