Turbulent lifted flames in the hysteresis regime and the effects of coflow

Journal of Energy Resources Technology, Transactions of the ASME

Volumn 128, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 319-324

  Terry, S D ^a   Lyons, K M ^a  

^a North Carolina State University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COFLOW; TURNDOWN BURNERS;

AIR; ETHYLENE; HYSTERESIS; STABILITY;

FLAME RESEARCH;

EID: 33845435952     PISSN: 01950738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.2358147     Document Type: Article

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