A numerical study on premixed micro-combustion of CH4-air mixture: Effects of combustor size, geometry and boundary conditions on flame temperature

Chemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 150, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 213-222

  Li, J ^a   Chou, S K ^a   Yang, W M ^a   Li, Z W ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Boundary conditions; Flame temperature; Methane air; Micro combustion; Numerical simulation

Indexed keywords

AIR MIXTURES; BULK VELOCITIES; COMBUSTOR GEOMETRIES; CYLINDRICAL TUBES; FLAME STRUCTURES; FLAME TEMPERATURE; GASES TEMPERATURES; GOVERNING EQUATIONS; HYDRODYNAMIC DIAMETERS; HYDROGEN-AIR MIXTURES; INLET VELOCITY PROFILES; METHANE-AIR; MICRO-COMBUSTION; MICRO-COMBUSTORS; NUMERICAL SIMULATION; NUMERICAL STUDIES; PREMIXED; PREMIXED COMBUSTIONS; RADIAL DIFFUSIONS; SIMULATION RESULTS; TIME-SCALES; VELOCITY PROFILES; VELOCITY RANGES; WALL BOUNDARY CONDITIONS;

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; COMBUSTORS; COMPUTATIONAL GEOMETRY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FLAMMABILITY; FLOW SIMULATION; FLUID DYNAMICS; HYDROGEN; METHANE; SMOKE; THERMOCHEMISTRY; VELOCITY;

COMBUSTION;

EID: 64549090606     PISSN: 13858947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2009.02.015     Document Type: Article

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