Hydrogen addition effects in a confined swirl-stabilized methane-air flame

International Journal of Hydrogen Energy

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 1054-1062

  Kim, Han S ^a   Arghode, Vaibhav K ^a   Linck, Martin B ^a   Gupta, Ashwani K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Confined pre mixed combustion; Diffusion flame; Flame stability; Hydrogen enrichment of methane flames; NOx emission; Swirl

Indexed keywords

CARBON MONOXIDE; COMBUSTORS; DIFFUSION; FLAME RESEARCH; FLAMMABILITY; FLOW VISUALIZATION; HYDROGEN; LEAKAGE (FLUID); METHANE; NONMETALS; SMOKE; STABILITY; THERMOCHEMISTRY; THERMODYNAMIC STABILITY;

CONFINED PRE-MIXED COMBUSTION; DIFFUSION FLAME; FLAME STABILITY; HYDROGEN ENRICHMENT OF METHANE FLAMES; NOX EMISSION; SWIRL;

COMBUSTION;

EID: 58549086330     PISSN: 03603199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2008.10.034     Document Type: Article

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