The simulation of the combustion of micrometer-sized aluminum particles with steam

Combustion Science and Technology

Volumn 180, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1502-1517

  Washburn, E B ^a,d   Trivedi, J N ^a   Catoire, L ^b   Beckstead, M W ^c  

^a NAVAL AIR WARFARE CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITÉ D'ORLÉANS   (France)

^c BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Aluminum particle; Combustion; Kinetic controlled; Water

Indexed keywords

(8 HYDROXY QUINOLINE) ALUMINUM; ALUMINUM PARTICLES; BURN TIME; CHEMICAL; COMBUSTION MODELLING; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; FLAME STRUCTURES; FLAME TEMPERATURES; INITIAL TEMPERATURE; KINETIC MECHANISMS; OXIDIZER CONCENTRATION; PARTICLE DIAMETERS;

ALUMINUM; ALUMINUM METALLOGRAPHY; ALUMINUM POWDER METALLURGY; COMBUSTION; FLAME SPRAYING; FLAMMABILITY; LIGHT METALS; MICROMETERS; PHOTOACOUSTIC EFFECT; PRESSURE; SMOKE; THERMOCHEMISTRY; THICKNESS MEASUREMENT;

TEMPERATURE;

EID: 46349087577     PISSN: 00102202     EISSN: 1563521X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00102200802125594     Document Type: Article

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