Modeling soot formation using reduced polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon chemistry in n-heptane lifted flames with application to low temperature combustion

Journal of Engineering for Gas Turbines and Power

Volumn 131, Issue 3, 2009, Pages

  Vishwanathan, Gokul ^a   Reitz, Rolf D ^a  

^a University of Wisconsin Madison   (United States)

Author keywords

Lift off length; Low temperature combustion; Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons; Reduced chemistry; Soot modeling

Indexed keywords

CHEMISTRY MECHANISM; CHEMKIN; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS CODES; CONCEPTUAL MODEL; CONSTANT VOLUME CHAMBER; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; FUSED AROMATIC RINGS; FUSED RING; LIFTED FLAMES; LOCAL TEMPERATURE; LOCATION PREDICTION; LOW EMISSION; LOW TEMPERATURE COMBUSTION; N-HEPTANES; NUMERICAL STUDIES; OXIDATION PROCESS; POLYCYCLIC AROMATICS; QUANTITATIVE PREDICTION; REDUCED CHEMISTRY; RESEARCH CHALLENGES; SOOT FORMATIONS; SOOT INCEPTION;

ACETYLENE; AROMATIZATION; COMBUSTION; COMPUTATIONAL CHEMISTRY; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; DUST; FORECASTING; HEPTANE; INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINES; LIGHTING; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; SOOT; TERNARY SYSTEMS;

AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS;

EID: 77955332289     PISSN: 07424795     EISSN: 15288919     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.3043806     Document Type: Article

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