Simulation of thermally-enhanced combustion in a porous medium burner

Heat Transfer - Asian Research

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 75-88

  Tseng, Chung Jen ^a   Tsai, Huan Yu ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Combustion; Porous medium; Radiant burner; Radiation

Indexed keywords

COMBUSTION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FLAME RESEARCH; FUEL BURNERS; HEAT RADIATION; LAMINAR FLOW; METHANE; POROUS MATERIALS; REACTION KINETICS; STEADY FLOW; THERMAL EFFECTS;

DISCRETE ORDINATE METHOD; POROUS MEDIUM BURNER; RADIANT BURNER; SINGLE-STEP REACTION; THERMALLY-ENHANCED COMBUSTION; TWO-DIMENSIONAL STEADY FLOW;

HEAT TRANSFER;

COMBUSTION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FLAME RESEARCH; FUEL BURNERS; HEAT RADIATION; HEAT TRANSFER; LAMINAR FLOW; METHANE; POROUS MATERIALS; REACTION KINETICS; STEADY FLOW; THERMAL EFFECTS;

EID: 31144452066     PISSN: 10992871     EISSN: 15231496     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/htj.20088     Document Type: Article

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