Fuel effects on diffusion flames at elevated pressures

Fuel

Volumn 88, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 264-271

  Gohari Darabkhani, H ^a   Bassi, J ^a   Huang, H W ^a   Zhang, Y ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Diffusion flames; Flame dynamics; Flickering frequency; Fuel variability; High pressure

Indexed keywords

DIFFUSION; ETHYLENE; FLICKERING; FUELS; METHANE; PROPANE; SEMICONDUCTOR DOPING;

DIFFUSION FLAMES; DOMINANT FREQUENCIES; DOMINANT MODES; ELEVATED PRESSURES; ETHYLENE FLAMES; FLAME CHEMILUMINESCENCES; FLAME DYNAMICS; FLAME PROPERTIES; FUEL TYPES; HARMONIC MODES; HIGH SPEEDS; HIGH-PRESSURE; INVERSE DEPENDENCES; LAMINAR DIFFUSION FLAMES; METHANE FLAMES; PRESSURE INCREASES;

FLAMMABILITY;

EID: 55649104722     PISSN: 00162361     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fuel.2008.09.013     Document Type: Article

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