Comparison of products of incomplete combustion of waste polystyrene and styrene in diffusion flames and ethyl benzene in fuel-rich premixed flames

American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Power Division (Publication) PWR

Volumn 35, Issue , 2004, Pages 605-611

  Ergut, Ali ^a   Levendis, Yiannis A ^a   Carlson, Joel ^b  

^a NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DEVELOPMENT AND ENGINEERING CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIFFUSION FLAMES; EQUIVALENCE RATIOS; ETHYL BENZENE; PRODUCTS OF INCOMPLETE COMBUSTION (PIC); BATCH COMBUSTION; DIFFUSION FLAME; FIXED BED; FLAT FLAME BURNER; FUEL-RICH CONDITIONS; GLOBAL EQUIVALENCE RATIO; INCOMPLETE COMBUSTION; LOCAL CONDITIONS; LOCAL EQUIVALENCE RATIO; PARTICLE CLOUDS; POLLUTANT EMISSION; PREMIXED COMBUSTION; PREMIXED FLAME; PRODUCT YIELDS; PYROLYZATES; RICH PREMIXED FLAMES; SOLID POLYMERS; VERTICAL FURNACES; WASTE POLYSTYRENE;

AEROSOLS; BENZENE; COMBUSTION; DIFFUSION; FUELS; OXYGEN; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; POLYSTYRENES; AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; EFFLUENTS; ETHYLBENZENE; EXPLOSIVES; FURNACES; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; PELLETIZING; STYRENE;

FLAME RESEARCH; WASTE INCINERATION;

EID: 2942565811     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1115/POWER2004-52180     Document Type: Conference Paper

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