Effect of gravity on methanol diffusion flames burning within a forced convective environment

International Communications in Heat and Mass Transfer

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 686-697

  Raghavan, V ^a   Gogos, George ^a   Babu, V ^b   Sundararajan, T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY MADRAS   (India)

Author keywords

Buoyancy; Combustion; Diffusion flames; Forced convection; Methanol

Indexed keywords

BUOYANCY; COMBUSTION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIFFUSION; FORCED CONVECTION; GRAVITATION; NATURAL CONVECTION;

DIFFUSION FLAMES; FORCED CONVECTIVE ENVIRONMENT; METHANOL DIFFUSION FLAMES BURNING;

METHANOL;

BUOYANCY; COMBUSTION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIFFUSION; FORCED CONVECTION; GRAVITATION; METHANOL; NATURAL CONVECTION;

EID: 33646905106     PISSN: 07351933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icheatmasstransfer.2006.02.018     Document Type: Article

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