Numerical study on combustion of diluted methanol-air premixed mixtures

Chinese Science Bulletin

Volumn 55, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 882-889

  Zheng, Jian Jun ^a   Zhang, Zhi Yuan ^a   Huang, Zuo Hua ^a   Hu, Er Jiang ^a   Tang, Cheng Long ^a   Wang, Jin Hua ^a  

^a XI'AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Dilution; Methanol; Numerical analysis; Premixed combustion

Indexed keywords

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EID: 77953018526     PISSN: 10016538     EISSN: 18619541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11434-009-0709-y     Document Type: Article

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