Ignition properties of n-butane and iso-butane in a rapid compression machine

Combustion and Flame

Volumn 157, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 240-245

  Gersen, S ^a   Mokhov, A V ^b   Darmeveil, J H ^a   Levinsky, H B ^a,b  

^a N V NEDERLANDSE GASUNIE   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Autoignition; Butane; Measurement; Simulation

Indexed keywords

AUTO-IGNITION DELAY; AUTOIGNITION; BUTANE ISOMERS; COMPREHENSIVE MODEL; DELAY TIME; EQUIVALENCE RATIOS; IGNITION DELAY TIME; ISOBUTANES; LEAN MIXTURES; LOW TEMPERATURES; N-BUTANE; QUANTITATIVE AGREEMENT; RAPID COMPRESSION MACHINE; STOICHIOMETRIC COMPOSITIONS; TEMPERATURE RANGE; TWO STAGE; TWO-STAGE IGNITION;

BUTANE; HIGH PRESSURE EFFECTS; IGNITION; ISOMERS;

LIQUEFIED PETROLEUM GAS;

BUTANE;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; COMBUSTION; COMPRESSION; ISOMER; MACHINE; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; STOICHIOMETRY; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY;

EID: 73649121627     PISSN: 00102180     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.combustflame.2009.10.012     Document Type: Article

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