Soot volume fraction measurements in a three-dimensional laminar diffusion flame established in microgravity

Combustion Science and Technology

Volumn 178, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 813-835

  Legros, Guillaume ^a   Joulain, Pierre ^a   Vantelon, Jean Pierre ^a   Fuentes, Andres ^a   Bertheau, Denis ^b   Torero, Jose ^c  

^a UPR 9028 du CNRS   (France)

^b Laboratoire de Mécanique et de Physique des Matériaux   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Diffusion flame; Fire safety; Microgravity; Soot

Indexed keywords

CHEMILUMINESCENCE; DIFFUSION; ETHYLENE; FIRES; HEAT TRANSFER; OXYGEN; VOLUME FRACTION;

DIFFUSION FLAMES; FIRE SAFETY; MICROGRAVITY; PARABOLIC FLIGHTS;

SOOT;

EID: 33645752491     PISSN: 00102202     EISSN: 1563521X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00102200500271344     Document Type: Article

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