Methane flame propagation in compositionally stratified gases

Combustion Science and Technology

Volumn 177, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 2191-2210

  Kang, Taekya ^a   Kyritsis, Dimitrios C ^a  

^a University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign   (United States)

Author keywords

Partially premixed combustion; Partially premixed flames; Stratified combustion

Indexed keywords

FLAMMABILITY; HEAT CONVECTION; METHANE; MIXTURES;

FUEL-AIR MIXTURES; PARTIALLY PREMIXED COMBUSTION; PARTIALLY PREMIXED FLAMES; STRATIFIED COMBUSTION;

COMBUSTION;

EID: 29144478342     PISSN: 00102202     EISSN: 1563521X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00102200500240836     Document Type: Article

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