Flammability zone prediction using calculated adiabatic flame temperatures

Process Safety Progress

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 127-134

  Mashuga, Chad V ^a   Crowl, Daniel A ^a  

^a Michigan Technological University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ETHYLENE; FLAMMABILITY; FUELS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; METHANE; MIXTURES; NITROGEN; OXYGEN;

CALCULATED ADIABATIC FLAME TEMPERATURES (CAFT); FLAMMABILITY ZONE;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION;

FLAMMABILITY;

EID: 0032710232     PISSN: 10668527     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/prs.680180303     Document Type: Article

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