Experimental study of flame propagation in propane-air mixture near rich flammability limits in microgravity

Combustion Science and Technology

Volumn 174, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 21-48

  Jarosinski, Jozef ^a   Podfilipski, Jerzy ^a   Gorczakowski, Andrzej ^a   Veyssiere, Bernard ^b  

^a LODZ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

^b CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Flammability limits; Laminar flames; Microgravity

Indexed keywords

AIR; FLAME RESEARCH; FLAMMABILITY; GRAVITATIONAL EFFECTS; HEAT TRANSFER; MIXTURES; PROPANE; VIDEO CAMERAS;

FLAME PROPAGATION; FLAMMABILITY LIMIT; HEAT RELEASE RATE; LAMINAR FLAME;

COMBUSTION;

EID: 0346910403     PISSN: 00102202     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/001022002900210362     Document Type: Article

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