On diluted-fuel combustion issues in burning biogas surrogates

Journal of Energy Resources Technology, Transactions of the ASME

Volumn 131, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 0418021-0418029

  Wilson, David A ^a   Lyons, Kevin M ^b  

^a DUKE ENERGY   (United States)

^b North Carolina State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Biogas combustion; Diluted fuels; Laminar burning velocity

Indexed keywords

BURNING VELOCITY; DILUTED FUELS; EQUIVALENCE RATIOS; FLAME STABILIZATION; FLAME TEMPERATURES; FUEL COMBUSTION; LAMINAR BURNING VELOCITY; STABLE OPERATION;

ARGON; BIOGAS; CARBON DIOXIDE; COMBUSTION; COMBUSTORS; ETHYLENE; FLAMMABILITY; FUNCTIONS; HELIUM; METHANE; STABILIZATION; VELOCITY;

FUELS;

EID: 77955384934     PISSN: 01950738     EISSN: 15288994     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.4000152     Document Type: Article

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