Evaluation of Ignition Improvers for Methane Autoignition

Combustion Science and Technology

Volumn 135, Issue 1-6, 1998, Pages 31-47

  Golovitchev, V I ^a   Chomiak, J ^a  

^a CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Combustion improvers; Methane autoignition; Numerical simulations

Indexed keywords

ADDITIVES; ARGON; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DECOMPOSITION; ETHERS; FREE RADICAL REACTIONS; HYDROGEN; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; IGNITION; NITROGEN; OZONE; RATE CONSTANTS;

AUTOIGNITION; COMBUSTION IMPROVERS; DIMETHYL ETHER;

METHANE;

EID: 0032307428     PISSN: 00102202     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00102209808924148     Document Type: Article

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