Turbulent burning velocity of hydrogen-air premixed propagating flames at elevated pressures

International Journal of Hydrogen Energy

Volumn 33, Issue 20, 2008, Pages 5842-5849

  Kitagawa, Toshiaki ^a   Nakahara, Takashi ^a   Maruyama, Kosuke ^a   Kado, Kunihiro ^a   Hayakawa, Akihiro ^a   Kobayashi, Shoichi ^a  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Burning velocity; Combustion; Effect of pressure; Hydrogen; Lewis number; Markstein number; Premixed turbulent flame

Indexed keywords

FLAMMABILITY; FLAMMABILITY TESTING; FLUID DYNAMICS; FLUID MECHANICS; HYDROGEN; MIXED CONVECTION; REYNOLDS NUMBER; VELOCITY;

BURNING VELOCITY; COMBUSTION; EFFECT OF PRESSURE; LEWIS NUMBER; MARKSTEIN NUMBER; PREMIXED TURBULENT FLAME;

TURBULENCE;

EID: 53449095962     PISSN: 03603199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2008.06.013     Document Type: Article

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