Investigation of species concentration and soot formation in a co-flowing diffusion flame of ethylene

Combustion Science and Technology

Volumn 179, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 355-369

  D'Anna, A ^a   Kent, J H ^b   Santoro, R J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Diffusion flames; Modelling; Soot

Indexed keywords

COAGULATION; COMBUSTION; FLAME RESEARCH; FLUID DYNAMICS; PYROLYSIS; SOOT; VOLUME FRACTION;

DIFFUSION FLAMES; HYDROXYL RADICAL; MODEL PREDICTIONS;

ETHYLENE;

EID: 33845649407     PISSN: 00102202     EISSN: 1563521X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00102200600812419     Document Type: Conference Paper

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