Experimental and numerical study on lean premixed methane-hydrogen-air flames at elevated pressures and temperatures

International Journal of Hydrogen Energy

Volumn 34, Issue 16, 2009, Pages 6951-6960

  Hu, Erjiang ^a   Huang, Zuohua ^a   He, Jiajia ^a   Miao, Haiyan ^a  

^a XI'AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Experimental study; Hydrogen; Lean premixed flame; Methane; Numerical analysis

Indexed keywords

AIR FLAMES; BURNING VELOCITY; CHAIN BRANCHING REACTIONS; ELEVATED PRESSURE; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FLAME INSTABILITY; FLAME STRUCTURE; INITIAL PRESSURE; LAMINAR BURNING VELOCITY; LEAN PREMIXED FLAME; MAIN CHAINS; MARKSTEIN LENGTHS; MOLE FRACTION; NUMERICAL STUDIES; OH RADICAL; PREMIXED; PREMIXED FLAME; RADICAL CONCENTRATION; REACTION ZONES; RECOMBINATION REACTIONS; STRONG CORRELATION; TEMPERATURE-INSENSITIVE; TEMPERATURE-SENSITIVE;

CHEMICAL REACTIONS; FREE RADICALS; HYDROGEN; METHANE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; VELOCITY;

FLAMMABILITY;

EID: 68749099344     PISSN: 03603199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2009.06.072     Document Type: Article

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