Experimental and numerical study of emissions from fuel-rich combustion of pulverized polystyrene

Combustion Science and Technology

Volumn 178, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 1297-1324

  Pantalone, Jennifer C ^a   Ergut, Ali ^a   Levendis, Yiannis A ^a   Richter, Henning ^b   Carlson, Joel B ^c   Jordan, Jude ^c  

^a Northeastern University   (United States)

^b Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

^c DEVELOPMENT AND ENGINEERING CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Combustion; Emissions; Kinetics; PAH; Polystyrene; Soot

Indexed keywords

ACETYLENE; ACOUSTIC EMISSIONS; BENZENE; COMBUSTION; ETHYLENE; EXHAUST GASES; METHANE; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; OXYGEN; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; PULVERIZED FUEL; SAMPLING; SOOT;

EMISSIONS; GAS TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION; POLYSTYRENE; PRODUCTS OF INCOMPLETE COMBUSTION;

POLYSTYRENES;

EID: 33646756869     PISSN: 00102202     EISSN: 1563521X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00102200500325264     Document Type: Article

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