Carbon dioxide dilution effect on flammability limits for hydrocarbons

Journal of Hazardous Materials

Volumn 163, Issue 2-3, 2009, Pages 795-803

  Chen, Chan Cheng ^a   Liaw, Horng Jang ^a   Wang, Tzu Chi ^b   Lin, Chin Yu ^b  

^a CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b CHINESE CULTURE UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Flammability limits; Inerting; Predictive model

Indexed keywords

DILUTION EFFECTS; EMPIRICAL MODELS; FLAMMABILITY LIMITS; INERT GAS; INERTING; LINEAR RELATIONS; LOWER FLAMMABILITY LIMITS; MOLAR FRACTIONS; PREDICTIVE MODEL; REGRESSION LINES; THEORETICAL MODELS;

CARBON DIOXIDE; ETHYLENE; FLAMMABLE MATERIALS; HYDROCARBONS; INERT GASES; METHANE; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; OXIDES; PREDICTIVE CONTROL SYSTEMS; PROPANE; PROPYLENE;

FLAMMABILITY;

CARBON DIOXIDE; DILUTION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; HYDROCARBON; MODEL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

ALKENES; CARBON DIOXIDE; ETHYLENES; FIRES; GASES; HYDROCARBONS; METHANE; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PROPANE;

EID: 59849105482     PISSN: 03043894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2008.07.051     Document Type: Article

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