Analysis of entropy generation in hydrogen-enriched methane-air propagating triple flames

International Journal of Hydrogen Energy

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 1074-1083

  Briones, Alejandro M ^a   Mukhopadhyay, Achintya ^b   Aggarwal, Suresh K ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DAYTON RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b JADAVPUR UNIVERSITY   (India)

^c University of Illinois   (United States)

Author keywords

Entropy generation; Hydrogen enriched methane flame; Propagating triple flame; Second law analysis

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL REACTIONS; CHEMICAL REACTIVITY; FLAMMABILITY; FLAMMABILITY TESTING; FLOW FIELDS; FLOW OF FLUIDS; HEAT CONDUCTION; HYDROGEN; LAWS AND LEGISLATION; METHANE;

AIR FLAMES; ENTROPY GENERATION; ENTROPY GENERATION RATE; FLAME DISPLACEMENT SPEED; FLAME PROPAGATION; FLAME STRUCTURES; HYDROGEN-ENRICHED METHANE FLAME; MASS FRACTIONS; MAXIMUM ENTROPY (MAXENT); MIXTURE FRACTIONS; NON-PREMIXED FLAMES; NONPREMIXED ZONE; PREMIXED; PROPAGATING TRIPLE FLAME; REACTION ZONE (RZ); SECOND LAW ANALYSIS; TRIPLE FLAMES;

ENTROPY;

EID: 58549097451     PISSN: 03603199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2008.09.103     Document Type: Article

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