Autoignition of Hydrogen and air inside a continuous flow reactor with application to lean premixed combustion

Journal of Engineering for Gas Turbines and Power

Volumn 130, Issue 5, 2008, Pages

  Beerer, D J ^a   McDonell, V G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATION ENERGY; AIR ENGINES; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON MONOXIDE; COAL COMBUSTION; COAL GAS; COAL RESEARCH; COMBUSTION; COMBUSTORS; ELECTRIC GENERATORS; GAS ENGINES; GAS INDUSTRY; GAS TURBINE POWER PLANTS; GAS TURBINES; GASES; HYDROGEN; LEAKAGE (FLUID); PROJECT MANAGEMENT; SAFETY FACTOR; SMOKE; THERMOCHEMISTRY; TURBINES; TURBOMACHINERY;

AUTOIGNITION; CARBON EMISSIONS; CONTINUOUS FLOWS; EMPIRICAL CORRELATIONS; ENGINE CONDITIONS; ENGINE DAMAGES; FLAME SPEEDS; FLOW REACTORS; GAS PHASE; GAS TURBINE ENGINES; GENERAL TRENDS; HEATING VALUES; IGNITION DELAYS; INITIAL CONDITIONS; INTERMEDIATE TEMPERATURES; LEAN PREMIXED COMBUSTIONS; MIXING TIMES; PREMIXING; RESEARCH PROJECTS;

IGNITION;

EID: 50249148998     PISSN: 07424795     EISSN: 15288919     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.2939007     Document Type: Article

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