Monte Carlo simulation of radiative heat transfer and turbulence interactions in methane/air jet flames

Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer

Volumn 109, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 269-279

  Wang, Anquan ^a   Modest, Michael F ^a   Haworth, Daniel C ^a   Wang, Liangyu ^a  

^a The Pennsylvania State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Flame; Molecular gas; Monte Carlo methods; Thermal radiation; Turbulence radiation interactions

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FLAME RESEARCH; HEAT RADIATION; HEAT TRANSFER; JETS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; RADIATIVE TRANSFER; TURBULENCE; TURBULENT FLOW;

AIR JET FLAMES; MOLECULAR GAS; TURBULENCE-RADIATION INTERACTIONS;

METHANE;

COMBUSTION; HEAT TRANSFER; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; RADIATIVE TRANSFER; SIMULATION; TURBULENCE;

EID: 35548961747     PISSN: 00224073     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jqsrt.2007.08.030     Document Type: Article

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