Numerical study of the effects of gravity on soot formation in laminar coflow methane/air diffusion flames under different air stream velocities

Combustion Theory and Modelling

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 993-1023

  Kong, Wenjun ^a   Liu, Fengshan ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF ENGINEERING THERMOPHYSICS   (China)

^b NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Coflow air velocity; Laminar diffusion flame; Microgravity combustion; Soot formation; Thermal radiation

Indexed keywords

AIR VELOCITIES; CO-FLOW; LAMINAR DIFFUSION FLAMES; MICROGRAVITY COMBUSTION; SOOT FORMATIONS; THERMAL RADIATIONS;

AIR; ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIFFUSION; DUST; FLAMMABILITY; HEAT RADIATION; HYDRAULICS; MICROGRAVITY; MICROGRAVITY PROCESSING; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; SOOT; TITRATION; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES; VELOCITY;

COMBUSTION;

EID: 77949377376     PISSN: 13647830     EISSN: 17413559     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13647830903342527     Document Type: Article

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