Properties of flames propagating in propane-air mixtures near flammability and quenching limits

Combustion Science and Technology

Volumn 174, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 167-187

  Jarosinski, Josef ^a   Podfilipski, Jerzy ^a   Fodemski, Tadeusz ^a  

^a LODZ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Cool flames; Flame quenching; Flammability limits

Indexed keywords

AIR; COMPOSITION EFFECTS; FLAMMABILITY; MIXTURES; PHOTOGRAPHY; PROPANE; QUENCHING; SOOT; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; THICKNESS MEASUREMENT;

COOL FLAMES; DIRECT LIGHT PHOTOGRAPHY; FLAME PROPAGATION; LAMINAR BURNING VELOCITY; PECLET NUMBER;

COMBUSTION;

EID: 0347079585     PISSN: 00102202     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/713712915     Document Type: Article

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