Numerical simulation of laminar co-flow methane-oxygen diffusion flames: Effect of chemical kinetic mechanisms

Combustion Theory and Modelling

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 23-46

  Bhadraiah, Karnam ^a   Raghavan, Vasudevan ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY MADRAS   (India)

Author keywords

Chemical kinetics; Co flow diffusion flames; Global reaction mechanisms; Oxy fuel combustion

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL KINETICS; CO-FLOW; EFFECT OF CHEMICALS; GLOBAL KINETICS; GLOBAL REACTION MECHANISMS; MASS FRACTION; MAXIMUM VALUES; METHANE FLAME; NUMERICAL MODELS; NUMERICAL PREDICTIONS; NUMERICAL SIMULATION; OXY-FUEL COMBUSTION; OXYGEN DIFFUSION; OXYGEN FLAMES; OXYGEN FLOW RATES; RADIAL LOCATIONS; REACTION MECHANISM; REACTION STEPS; REACTION ZONES; SKELETAL MECHANISM; SUBMODELS;

ASTATINE; COMBUSTION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIFFUSION; FORECASTING; FUELS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; METHANE; NUMERICAL METHODS; OXYGEN;

REACTION KINETICS;

EID: 78650202992     PISSN: 13647830     EISSN: 17413559     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13647830.2010.521577     Document Type: Article

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