Modeling gravity effect on diffusion flames stabilized around a cylindrical wick saturated with liquid fuel

Combustion Science and Technology

Volumn 176, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 2165-2191

  Alsairafi, Ammar ^a   Lee, Shih Tuen ^b   T'Ien, James S ^c  

^a KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c Case Western Reserve University   (United States)

Author keywords

Candle flame; Diffusion flame; Gravity effect

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; BUOYANCY; COMBUSTION; DIFFUSION; GRAVITATION; LIQUID FUELS; MELTING; QUENCHING;

CANDLE FLAME; CONVECTION CURRENTS; DIFFUSION FLAME; GRAVITY EFFECTS;

FLAMMABILITY;

EID: 10444263810     PISSN: 00102202     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00102200490515038     Document Type: Article

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