An approach for predicting the flammability limits of fuel/diluent mixtures in air

Journal of the Institute of Energy

Volumn 69, Issue 480, 1996, Pages 122-130

  Wierzba, I ^a   Bade Shrestha, S O ^a   Karim, G A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; BUTANE; ETHANE; ETHYLENE; FUELS; HYDROGEN; METHANE; MIXTURES; NITROGEN; PROPANE;

DILUENT; LEAN FLAMMABILITY LIMIT; RICH FLAMMABILITY LIMIT;

FLAMMABILITY;

EID: 0030233095     PISSN: 01442600     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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