CFD study on influence of fuel temperature on NOx emission in a HiTAC furnace

International Communications in Heat and Mass Transfer

Volumn 38, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1421-1427

  Khoshhal, Abbas ^a   Rahimi, Masoud ^a   Alsairafi, Ammar Abdulaziz ^b  

^a RAZI UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

CFD; Flame; Fuel temperature; HiTAC; Modeling; NOx emission

Indexed keywords

CFD MODELING; COMBUSTION AIR; EXPERIMENTAL FURNACE; FLAME; FLUID VELOCITIES; FUEL JET; FUEL TEMPERATURE; HIGH TEMPERATURE AIR COMBUSTION; HITAC; NOX EMISSIONS; NOX FORMATION;

AIR; COMBUSTION; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; FUELS; MODELS;

NITROGEN OXIDES;

EID: 81055157603     PISSN: 07351933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icheatmasstransfer.2011.08.008     Document Type: Article

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