Dust explosions in spherical vessels: The role of flame thickness in the validity of the 'cube-root law'

Journal of Loss Prevention in the Process Industries

Volumn 9, Issue 1 SPEC. ISS., 1996, Pages 33-44

  Dahoe, A E ^a   Zevenbergen, J F ^a   Lemkowitz, S M ^a   Scarlett, B ^a  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cube root law; Dust explosion; Flame thickness

Indexed keywords

AIR; COMBUSTION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CURVE FITTING; EXPLOSIONS; FLAME RESEARCH; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MIXTURES;

CUBE ROOT LAW; DUST EXPLOSIONS; FLAME THICKNESS; SPHERICAL VESSELS;

DUST;

EID: 0029752908     PISSN: 09504230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0950-4230(95)00054-2     Document Type: Article

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