An assessment of the lean flammability limits of CH4/air and C3H8/air mixtures at engine-like conditions

Proceedings of the Combustion Institute

Volumn 31 II, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 3015-3022

  Egolfopoulos, F N ^a   Holley, A T ^a   Law, C K ^b  

^a University of Southern California ^*  (United States)

^b Princeton University   (United States)

Author keywords

Flame extinction; Flammability; Premixed flames

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; FLAMMABILITY; HIGH PRESSURE EFFECTS; INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINES; METHANE; REACTION KINETICS;

FLAME EXTINCTION; LEAN FLAMMABILITY; PREMIXED FLAMES;

GAS MIXTURES;

EID: 34548773990     PISSN: 15407489     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.proci.2006.08.018     Document Type: Article

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