Prediction of the ignition characteristics of flammable jets using intermittency-based turbulence models and a prescribed pdf approach

Computers and Chemical Engineering

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 371-381

  Alvani, R F ^a   Fairweather, M ^a  

^a Energy Research Institute   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Combustion; Ignition; Jets; Numerical analysis; Safety; Turbulence

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; COMBUSTION; FLAMMABILITY; FLAMMABLE MATERIALS; FORECASTING; IGNITION; JETS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; PROBABILITY; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; SHEAR FLOW; TURBULENCE; TURBULENCE MODELS;

CONCENTRATION FIELDS; IGNITION CHARACTERISTICS; IGNITION HAZARD; IGNITION PROBABILITY; MODEL PREDICTION; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION (PDF); SECOND ORDERS; SECOND-MOMENT CLOSURES;

PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION;

EID: 69949174025     PISSN: 00981354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compchemeng.2007.02.007     Document Type: Article

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