Experimental investigations on the combustion behavior of methane-air mixtures in a micro-scale radial combustor configuration

Journal of Micromechanics and Microengineering

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 900-908

  Kumar, Sudarshan ^a,c   Maruta, Kaoru ^a   Minaev, S ^b  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KHRISTIANOVICH INSTITUTE OF THEORETICAL AND APPLIED MECHANICS   (Russian Federation)

^c INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY BOMBAY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR; COMBUSTION; FLAMMABILITY; GAS FUEL ANALYSIS; GAS TURBINES; HEAT TREATMENT; METHANE;

CIRCULAR QUARTZ PLATES; FLAME STABILITY; FUEL-AIR MIXTURE; METHANE-AIR MIXTURES;

BINARY MIXTURES;

EID: 34247476729     PISSN: 09601317     EISSN: 13616439     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0960-1317/17/5/008     Document Type: Article

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