Simulation of combustion process and soot yield in propane/air laminar diffusion flame by self-defined scalar method

International Journal of Chemical Reactor Engineering

Volumn 8, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Xie, Hongyong ^a   Chen, Shi ^b  

^a SHANGHAI SECOND POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b DALIAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

1st order rate coefficient of surface growth; acetylene; CFD; propane air laminar diffusion flame; self defined scalar method; soot yield

Indexed keywords

ACETYLENE; COMBUSTION; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; DIFFUSION; DUST; LIGHTING; PARTICLE SIZE; PROPANE; REACTION INTERMEDIATES;

COMBUSTION PRO-CESS; LAMINAR DIFFUSION FLAMES; PROPANE COMBUSTION; RATE COEFFICIENTS; REACTION MECHANISM; SELF-DEFINED SCALAR METHOD; SOOT FORMATIONS; SURFACE GROWTH;

SOOT;

EID: 78650883024     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15426580     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2202/1542-6580.2402     Document Type: Article

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