Investigation of liquid fuel combustion in a cross-flow burner

Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part A: Journal of Power and Energy

Volumn 221, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 371-385

  Kamal, Mohammed M ^a   Mohamad, A A ^b  

^a Ain Shams University   (Egypt)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Combustion; Liquid fuel

Indexed keywords

FLAME RESEARCH; FLOW OF GASES; FUEL BURNERS; GAS EMISSIONS; LIQUID FUELS; SWIRLING FLOW;

CO-CURRENT AIR FLOW; FLAME RADIATION; LIQUID FUEL SPRAY COMBUSTION;

COMBUSTION;

COMBUSTION; FLAME RESEARCH; FLOW OF GASES; FUEL BURNERS; GAS EMISSIONS; LIQUID FUELS; SWIRLING FLOW;

EID: 34250725982     PISSN: 09576509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1243/09576509JPE367     Document Type: Article

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