A numerical study on structure of premixed methane-air microflames for micropower generation

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 62, Issue 14, 2007, Pages 3710-3719

  Lee, K H ^a   Kwon, O C ^a  

^a Sungkyunkwan University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Fluid mechanics; Heat transfer; Microflames; Numerical analysis; Reaction engineering; Stability limits

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FLUID MECHANICS; HEAT TRANSFER; NUMERICAL METHODS;

MICROFLAMES; MICROPOWER GENERATION; REACTION ENGINEERING; STABILITY LIMITS;

FLAME RESEARCH;

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FLAME RESEARCH; FLUID MECHANICS; HEAT TRANSFER; NUMERICAL METHODS;

EID: 34249985841     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ces.2007.03.038     Document Type: Article

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