Experimental and numerical study on laminar burning characteristics of premixed methane-hydrogen-air flames

International Journal of Hydrogen Energy

Volumn 34, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 4876-4888

  Hu, Erjiang ^a   Huang, Zuohua ^a   He, Jiajia ^a   Jin, Chun ^a   Zheng, Jianjun ^a  

^a XI'AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Flame structure; Hydrogen; Laminar burning velocity; Markstein length; Methane; Sensitivity analysis

Indexed keywords

AIR FLAMES; BURNING VELOCITY; COMBUSTION REGIME; EFFECT OF HYDROGEN; EQUIVALENCE RATIOS; FLAME STRUCTURE; FUEL BLENDS; HYDROGEN ADDITION; HYDROGEN COMBUSTION; LAMINAR BURNING; LAMINAR BURNING VELOCITY; MARKSTEIN LENGTH; MARKSTEIN LENGTHS; MOLE FRACTION; NUMERICAL STUDIES; OH RADICAL; PEAK VALUES; PREMIXED; PREMIXED FLAME; RADICAL CONCENTRATION; REACTION ZONES; ROOM TEMPERATURE; STRONG CORRELATION; TRANSITION REGIMES;

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; COMBUSTION; FLAMMABILITY; FREE RADICALS; METHANE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SMOKE; THERMOCHEMISTRY; VELOCITY;

HYDROGEN;

EID: 66949140519     PISSN: 03603199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2009.03.058     Document Type: Article

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