Effects of oxygenate additives on polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) and soot formation

Combustion Science and Technology

Volumn 174, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 1-19

  Inal, Fikret ^a   Senkan, Selim M ^b  

^a IZMIR INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Turkey)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Hydrocarbon combustion; Oxygenate additives; PAH; Premixed flames; Soot

Indexed keywords

ADDITIVES; AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; BENZENE; ETHANOL; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HEPTANE; LIGHT SCATTERING; MASS SPECTROMETRY; METHANOL; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; REDUCTION; SOOT;

OXYGENATE ADDITIVE; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON;

COMBUSTION;

EID: 0347541139     PISSN: 00102202     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00102200290021353     Document Type: Article

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