Numerical simulation of a steady hollow-cone methanol spray flame within an annular air jet

Combustion Science and Technology

Volumn 171, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 119-139

  Kim, Woo Tae ^a   Huh, Kang Y ^a   Friedman, Jacob A ^b   Renksizbulut, Metin ^c  

^a Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH)   (South Korea)

^b RYERSON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Annular air jet; Combustion; Numerical simulation; Spray

Indexed keywords

AIR; COMBUSTION CHAMBERS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FREE RADICALS; JETS; METHANOL FUELS; NUMERICAL METHODS; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; TEMPERATURE; TURBULENT FLOW;

ANNULAR AIR JET; EULERIAN CONSERVATION EQUATIONS; GAS FLOW; LIQUID VOLUME FLUX; SAUTER MEAN DIAMETER; STEADY HOLLOW CONE METHANOL SPRAY FLAME; STOCHASTIC LAGRANGIAN METHOD;

COMBUSTION;

EID: 0348198216     PISSN: 00102202     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00102200108907861     Document Type: Article

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