Optimization of soot modeling in turbulent nonpremixed ethylene/air jet flames

Combustion Science and Technology

Volumn 177, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 1567-1602

  Ma, G ^a   Wen, J Z ^a   Lightstone, M F ^b   Thomson, M J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Computational fluid dynamics; Laminar flamelet; Soot formation; Turbulent nonpremixed flame

Indexed keywords

COAGULATION; COMBUSTORS; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ETHYLENE; GAS TURBINES; JETS; LAMINAR FLOW; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTIMIZATION; OXIDATION; PROBLEM SOLVING; SOOT; TURBULENT FLOW; VOLUME FRACTION;

JET FLAMES; LAMINAR FLAMELETS; SOOT FORMATION; TURBULENT NONPREMIXED FLAMES;

FLAME RESEARCH;

EID: 23744492653     PISSN: 00102202     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00102200590956786     Document Type: Article

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