Combustion wave propagation in magnesium/water mixtures: Experiments and model

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 65, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 80-87

  Diwan, Moiz ^a   Hanna, David ^a   Shafirovich, Evgeny ^a   Varma, Arvind ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Combustion; Energy; Hydrogen; Mathematical modeling; Powders; Wave propagation

Indexed keywords

COMBUSTION ENERGIES; COMBUSTION FRONTS; COMBUSTION WAVE PROPAGATION; COMBUSTION WAVES; DIFFUSION LIMITED; FRONT VELOCITY; HYDROGEN GENERATIONS; MAGNESIUM/WATER; MATHEMATICAL MODELING; METAL PARTICLE; MODELING RESULTS; POROUS MEDIUM; THERMAL PROFILES; WATER MIXTURE; WATER REACTION; WIDE ZONE;

EXPERIMENTS; HYDROGEN PRODUCTION; MAGNETIC TAPE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; METALS; MIXTURES; POROUS MATERIALS; POWDER METALS; SMOKE; WATER VAPOR; WAVE PROPAGATION;

IGNITION;

EID: 71849111729     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ces.2009.01.069     Document Type: Article

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