Study of low-pressure premixed dimethyl ether/hydrogen/oxygen/argon laminar flames with photoionization mass spectrometry

Energy and Fuels

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 1628-1635

  Chen, Zhaoyang ^a   Wei, Lixia ^a   Gu, Xiaolei ^a   Huang, Zuohua ^a   Yuan, Tao ^b   Li, Yuyang ^b   Tian, Zhenyu ^b  

^a XI'AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIMETHYL ETHERS; EQUIVALENCE RATIOS; FLAME TEMPERATURES; FLAME ZONES; FUEL BLENDS; HYDROGEN ADDITION; LAMINAR FLAME; LAMINAR PREMIXED; MOLE FRACTION; MOLE FRACTION RATIO; MOLECULAR-BEAM MASS SPECTROMETRY; OXIDATION OF CO; PHOTOIONIZATION MASS SPECTROMETRY; PREMIXED; SIGNAL INTENSITIES; VACUUM ULTRAVIOLETS;

ETHERS; FLAMMABILITY; FUELS; HYDROGEN; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PHOTOIONIZATION; TEMPERATURE CONTROL;

COMBUSTION;

EID: 77950143479     PISSN: 08870624     EISSN: 15205029     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ef901314r     Document Type: Article

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