A study on flammability limits of fuel mixtures

Journal of Hazardous Materials

Volumn 155, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 440-448

  Kondo, Shigeo ^a   Takizawa, Kenji ^a   Takahashi, Akifumi ^a   Tokuhashi, Kazuaki ^a   Sekiya, Akira ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

Author keywords

ASHRAE method; Flammability limits; Fuel mixtures; Modified Le Chatelier's formula

Indexed keywords

BINARY MIXTURES; CARBON MONOXIDE; COMPUTATION THEORY; TERNARY SYSTEMS;

ASHRAE METHOD; FLAMMABILITY LIMITS; FUEL MIXTURES; MODIFIED LE CHATELIER'S FORMULA;

COMBUSTION;

AMMONIA; CARBON MONOXIDE; DIMETHYL ETHER; ETHANE; ETHYLENE; FORMIC ACID DERIVATIVE; FUEL; METHANE; PROPANE; PROPYLENE;

BINARY MIXTURES; CARBON MONOXIDE; COMBUSTION; COMPUTATION THEORY; TERNARY SYSTEMS;

CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; FUEL; MEASUREMENT METHOD;

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; COMBUSTION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); FLAMMABILITY; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MEASUREMENT;

FIRES; FOSSIL FUELS; GASES;

EID: 44449108208     PISSN: 03043894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2007.11.085     Document Type: Article

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