A review of chemical diffusion: Criticism and limits of simplified methods for diffusion coefficient calculation

Combustion Theory and Modelling

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 135-158

  Giacomazzi, E ^a   Picchia, F R ^a   Arcidiacono, N ^a  

^a ENEA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Gaseous mass diffusion; Gaseous transport properties; Lewis number; Preferential diffusion; Schmidt number

Indexed keywords

COMBUSTION; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; DIFFUSION; FLAME RESEARCH; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MOLECULAR PHYSICS; TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES;

CHEMICAL DIFFUSION; LEWIS NUMBER; MASS DIFFUSION; MOLECULAR PROPERTY; SCHMIDT NUMBER;

FLOW OF GASES;

COMBUSTION; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; DIFFUSION; FLAME RESEARCH; FLOW OF GASES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MOLECULAR PHYSICS; TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES;

EID: 37549048579     PISSN: 13647830     EISSN: 17413559     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13647830701550370     Document Type: Review

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