Reinvestigation of flammability limits measurement of methane by the conventional vessel method with AC discharge ignition

Combustion science and technology

Volumn 145, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 1-15

  Kondo, Shigeo ^a   Urano, Youkichi ^b   Takahashi, Akifumi ^a   Tokuhashi, Kazuaki ^a  

^a NATL INST OF MAT AND CHEM RES   (Japan)

^b RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF INNOVATIVE TECHNOLOGY FOR THE EARTH   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC SPARKS; FLAMMABILITY; IGNITION;

FLAMMABILITY LIMITS; SPARK IGNITION;

METHANE;

EID: 0033323362     PISSN: 00102202     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00102209908924200     Document Type: Article

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