Nitrogen and carbon dioxide dilution effect on upper flammability limits for organic compound containing carbon, hydrogen and oxygen atoms

Journal of the Taiwan Institute of Chemical Engineers

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 453-464

  Wang, TzuChi ^a   Chen, ChanCheng ^b   Chen, HuiChu ^a  

^a CHINESE CULTURE UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL KAOHSIUNG UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Inert carbon dioxide; Inert nitrogen; Safety; Upper flammability limit

Indexed keywords

DIETHYL ETHERS; DILUTION EFFECT; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; FLAMMABLE GAS; INERT NITROGEN; OXYGEN ATOM; PREDICTIVE ABILITIES; PREDICTIVE ERROR; SAFETY; SEMIEMPIRICAL MODELS; THEORETICAL MODELS; UNIFIED MODEL; UPPER FLAMMABILITY LIMITS;

ACETYLENE; BENZENE; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON DISULFIDE; CARBON MONOXIDE; DIELECTRIC PROPERTIES; ETHERS; FIREDAMP; FLAMMABILITY; NITROGEN; ORGANIC CARBON; OXYGEN; PROPANE;

INERT GASES;

EID: 77954659126     PISSN: 18761070     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtice.2010.03.004     Document Type: Article

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