Influence of boundary conditions on sub-millimeter combustion

Energy and Fuels

Volumn 23, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 3549-3557

  Prakash, Shaurya ^a,c   Akberov, Roald ^a   Agonafer, Damena ^b   Armijo, Adrian D ^b   Shannon, Mark A ^b  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^c The Ohio State University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS MODELING; DESIGN RULES; EXPERIMENTAL OBSERVATION; FLAME STRUCTURE; FUEL PROCESSING; FUEL-REFORMING SYSTEM; GAS COMPOSITIONS; HEAT ENERGY; HEAT SOURCES; INLET FLOW; INLET FLOW RATE; MICRO COMBUSTOR; PARAMETRIC STUDY; PORTABLE ENERGY; RADIATIVE HEAT TRANSFER; REACTING FLUIDS; REFORMING SYSTEMS; SUBMILLIMETERS; THERMAL BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; THROUGH THE WALL;

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; COMBUSTION; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; FUEL CELLS; INTAKE SYSTEMS;

COMBUSTORS;

EID: 67749135866     PISSN: 08870624     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ef900040q     Document Type: Article

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