Hydrogen addition effect on laminar burning velocity, flame temperature and flame stability of a planar and a curved CH4-H2-air premixed flame

International Journal of Hydrogen Energy

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 519-527

  Zhang, Yuyin ^a   Wu, Jianghong ^b   Ishizuka, Satoru ^c  

^a TOKYO DENKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b SOUTH CHINA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^c HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Curvature; Damkohler number; Hydrogen; Markstein number; Natural gas

Indexed keywords

FLAMMABILITY; GAS INDUSTRY; GASES; HYDROGEN; METHANE; NATURAL GAS; NONMETALS; THERMODYNAMIC STABILITY;

AIR FLAMES; AIR PREMIXED FLAMES; COMBUSTION CHARACTERISTICS; CURVATURE; DAMKOHLER NUMBER; EXTINCTION LIMITS; FLAME CURVATURES; FLAME MODELS; FLAME STABILITIES; FLAME TEMPERATURES; GLOBAL EQUIVALENCE RATIOS; HYDROGEN ADDITIONS; LAMINAR BURNING VELOCITIES; MARKSTEIN LENGTHS; MARKSTEIN NUMBER; MOLECULAR SPECIES; OPPOSED FLOW FLAMES; STRETCH RATES; TUBULAR FLAMES;

COMBUSTION;

EID: 57949106164     PISSN: 03603199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2008.10.065     Document Type: Article

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