Effects of fuel properties on the combustion behavior of different types of porous beds soaked with combustible liquid

International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer

Volumn 47, Issue 24, 2004, Pages 5201-5210

  Chao, Christopher Y H ^a   Wang, J H ^a   Kong, Wenjun ^a  

^a HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Combustion behavior; Fuel soaked porous bed; No spread diffusion flame

Indexed keywords

COMBUSTION; DIFFUSION IN LIQUIDS; FLAMMABILITY; FLUIDIZED BEDS; FUEL CONSUMPTION; LIQUID FUELS; THERMAL EFFECTS;

DIFFUSION FLAMES; FLAME TEMPERATURE PROFILES; FUEL RESIDUES; FUEL-SOAKED POROUS BEDS;

POROUS MATERIALS;

COMBUSTIBLE FLUID; FLUID FLOW; FUEL; POROUS MEDIUM;

EID: 4544249775     PISSN: 00179310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2004.07.004     Document Type: Article

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