Improving the flashback resistance of catalytic and non-catalytic metal fiber burners

Chemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 95, Issue 1-3, 2003, Pages 123-136

  Bizzi, M ^a   Saracco, G ^a   Specchia, V ^a  

^a POLITECNICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Catalytic combustion; Flashback; Metal fiber burners; Natural gas; Porous media; Premixed combustion modeling; Reaction engineering

Indexed keywords

MATHEMATICAL MODELS; METHANE; REACTION KINETICS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

POWER MODULATION;

CATALYST ACTIVITY;

FIBER;

EID: 0041825668     PISSN: 13858947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1385-8947(03)00130-X     Document Type: Article

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