A numerical study on early stage of flame kernel development in spark ignition process for methane/air combustible mixtures

Nihon Kikai Gakkai Ronbunshu, B Hen/Transactions of the Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers, Part B

Volumn 73, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1745-1752

  Nakaya, Shinji ^a   Hatori, Kazuo ^b   Tsue, Mitsuhiro ^b   Kono, Michikata ^b   Segawa, Daisuke ^b   Kadota, Toshikazu ^b  

^a Osaka Prefecture University   (Japan)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Blast wave; Chemical reaction; Preferential diffusion; Spark ignition

Indexed keywords

AIR; FLAME RESEARCH; FLUID DYNAMICS; IGNITION; METHANE; REACTION KINETICS;

BLAST WAVES; ELECTRODE GAP; METHANE AIR MIXTURES; PREFERENTIAL DIFFUSION;

BINARY MIXTURES;

EID: 35448945625     PISSN: 03875016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1299/kikaib.73.1745     Document Type: Article

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