Effects of gravity on soot formation in a coflow laminar methane/air diffusion flame

Microgravity Science and Technology

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 205-214

  Kong, Wenjun ^a   Liu, Fengshan ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF ENGINEERING THERMOPHYSICS   (China)

^b NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Coflow diffusion flame; Microgravity combustion; Soot formation

Indexed keywords

CO-FLOW; COFLOW DIFFUSION FLAMES; DIFFUSION FLAME; DISCRETE ORDINATE METHODS; GAS PHASE CHEMISTRY; K-MODELS; MICROGRAVITY COMBUSTION; NARROW BANDS; NUMERICAL RESULTS; PEAK TEMPERATURES; RADIATION MODELS; RAYLEIGH'S THEORY; SEMI-EMPIRICAL; SMALL PARTICLES; SOOT FORMATIONS; SOOT MODEL; SOOT OXIDATION; SOOT VOLUME FRACTION; SPECTRAL ABSORPTIONS; SURFACE GROWTH; THERMAL RADIATIONS; TWO-EQUATION;

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; COMBUSTION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIFFUSION; DUST; FLAMMABILITY; GAS ABSORPTION; MICROGRAVITY; MICROGRAVITY PROCESSING; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; RADIATION EFFECTS; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES;

SOOT;

EID: 77953168280     PISSN: 09380108     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12217-009-9175-z     Document Type: Article

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