The use of a closed-loop wind tunnel for measuring the combustion efficiency of flames in a cross flow

Combustion and Flame

Volumn 119, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 319-334

  Bourguignon, E ^a   Johnson, M R ^a   Kostiuk, L W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE; FUEL; METHANE;

COMBUSTION; CROSSFLOW; EXPERIMENTAL METHOD; FLAME; WIND TUNNEL;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; COMBUSTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GAS; MEASUREMENT; METHODOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TECHNIQUE; WIND;

EID: 0032842917     PISSN: 00102180     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0010-2180(99)00068-1     Document Type: Article

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