Experiments with release and ignition of hydrogen gas in a 3 m long channel

International Journal of Hydrogen Energy

Volumn 34, Issue 14, 2009, Pages 5869-5874

  Sommersel, O K ^a   Bjerketvedt, D ^a   Vaagsaether, K ^a   Fannelop, T K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH EASTERN NORWAY   (Norway)

^b EE Flow Analysis ^*  (Norway)

Author keywords

Combustion; Dispersion; Froude scaling; Hydrogen gas release

Indexed keywords

COMBUSTIBLE MIXTURE; FLAME PROPAGATION; FROUDE SCALING; GRAVITY CURRENTS; HYDROGEN GAS; HYDROGEN GAS RELEASE; HYDROGEN RELEASE; IN-BUILDING; LABORATORY EXPERIMENTS; LENGTH SCALE;

COMBUSTION; CRYOGENIC LIQUIDS; DISPERSION (WAVES); DISPERSIONS; EXPERIMENTS; EXPLOSIVES; GRAVITATION; GRAVITY WAVES; LEAKAGE (FLUID); THERMOCHEMISTRY; VIDEO RECORDING;

HYDROGEN;

EID: 67651046503     PISSN: 03603199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2009.02.058     Document Type: Article

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