Confined annular swirling jet combustion

Combustion Science and Technology

Volumn 175, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 545-578

  Vanoverberghe, Koen P ^a   Van Den Bulck, Eric V ^a   Tummers, Mark J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Coanda flame; Low NOx combustion; Partially premixed natural gas combustion; Swirl stabilized flame

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; FLAME RESEARCH; GAS BURNERS; JETS; NATURAL GAS; NITROGEN OXIDES; NOZZLES; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; SWIRLING FLOW;

CONICAL SHEETS; SPREAD-OUT FLAMES;

COMBUSTION;

EID: 0344012112     PISSN: 00102202     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00102200302388     Document Type: Article

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