A study of flame-vortex interactions in the presence of residual gases

Combustion Science and Technology

Volumn 180, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1395-1420

  Anders, Jonathan W ^a   Venugopal, Rishikesh ^a   Magi, Vinicio ^a,b   Abraham, John ^a,c  

^a Purdue University   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BASILICATA   (Italy)

^c PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Diesel combustion; Flame extinction; Multiple injection; Residual gases

Indexed keywords

COMBUSTION; DIESEL FUELS; FLAMMABILITY; FLOW INTERACTIONS; LEAD; OXYGEN; PHOTOACOUSTIC EFFECT; SMOKE; SYSTEM STABILITY; THERMOCHEMISTRY; THERMODYNAMIC STABILITY; VORTEX FLOW;

(I ,J) CONDITIONS; BALANCE (WEIGHTING); CHEMICAL KINETICS; COMBUSTION PRODUCTS; DILUTION EFFECTS; DWELL TIME; FLAME EXTINCTION; FLAME STABILITY; FLAME-VORTEX INTERACTIONS; HEATING EFFECTS; HIGH TEMPERATURE COMBUSTION; NUMERICAL CODES; PRODUCT MIXTURES; REDUCED OXYGEN; RESIDUAL GASES; SPATIAL DISCRETIZATION;

FLAME SPRAYING;

EID: 46249097398     PISSN: 00102202     EISSN: 1563521X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00102200802049612     Document Type: Article

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