Predicting the ignition delay of turbulent methane jets using Conditional Source-term Estimation

Combustion Theory and Modelling

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1009-1028

  Grout, R W ^a   Bushe, Kendal W ^b   Blair, C ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c Westport Innovations ^*

Author keywords

Conditional moment closure; Conditional source term estimation; Methane ignition; Turbulent combustion

Indexed keywords

IGNITION SYSTEMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; METHANE; TEMPERATURE;

CONDITIONAL MOMENT CLOSSURE; CONDITIONAL SOURCE-TERM ESTIMATION WITH LAMINAR FLAMELET DECOMPOSITION (CSE-LFD); TURBULENT METHANE JETS;

JET ENGINES;

IGNITION SYSTEMS; JET ENGINES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; METHANE; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 36549043518     PISSN: 13647830     EISSN: 17413559     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13647830701330922     Document Type: Article

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