Flame acceleration due to water droplets action

Journal of Loss Prevention in the Process Industries

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 472-477

  Gieras, Marian ^a  

^a WARSAW UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Explosion; Hexane air mixture; Ignition; Upper explosion limit

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DROPS; EXPLOSIONS; IGNITION;

HEXANE-AIR MIXTURE; UPPER EXPLOSION LIMIT;

FLAME RESEARCH;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DROPS; EXPLOSIONS; FLAME RESEARCH; IGNITION;

EID: 44149099043     PISSN: 09504230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jlp.2008.03.004     Document Type: Article

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