The effect of the strain rate on PAH/soot formation in laminar counterflow diffusion flames

Combustion Science and Technology

Volumn 182, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 103-123

  Huijnen, V ^a   Evlampiev, A V ^a   Somers, L M T ^a   Baert, R S G ^a   De Goey, L P H ^a  

^a EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Laminar diffusion flame; PAH soot; Sectional method

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL PRODUCTION; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; FUEL TYPES; IN-LINE; LAMINAR COUNTERFLOW; LAMINAR DIFFUSION FLAMES; MASS DENSITIES; MODEL PARAMETERS; NUMBER DENSITY; REACTION MECHANISM; SCALING ANALYSIS; SECTIONAL METHODS;

BENZENE; DIFFUSION; DISTRIBUTION FUNCTIONS; ETHYLENE; FLAMMABILITY; SIZE DISTRIBUTION;

STRAIN RATE;

EID: 77949493838     PISSN: 00102202     EISSN: 1563521X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00102200903236142     Document Type: Article

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