CFD modelling of a "stabilized cool flame" reactor with reduced mechanisms and a direct integration approach

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 63, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 424-433

  Katsourinis, D I ^a   Founti, M A ^a  

^a NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Cool flames; Droplet evaporation; Multiphase flows; Reduced chemical Kinetic models

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; DROPS; FUEL CELLS; MULTIPHASE FLOW;

COOL FLAMES; DROPLET EVAPORATION; REDUCED CHEMICAL KINETIC MODELS;

CHEMICAL REACTORS;

CHEMICAL REACTORS; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; DROPS; FUEL CELLS; MULTIPHASE FLOW;

EID: 36148955430     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ces.2007.09.016     Document Type: Article

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