A generalized relationship between the normalized yields of carbon monoxide and hydrogen cyanide

Fire and Materials

Volumn 35, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 577-591

  Wang, Zhaozhi ^a   Jia, Fuchen ^a   Galea, E R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GREENWICH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

carbon monoxide; equivalence ratio; hydrogen cyanide; normalized yields; stoichiometric oxygen to fuel mass ratio

Indexed keywords

CABLE FIRES; EQUIVALENCE RATIOS; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES; FIRE SIMULATION; FLAMELET MODELS; FUEL MASS RATIO; HYDROGEN CYANIDE; MEASURED DATA; NORMALIZED YIELDS; PREDICTED YIELD; STOICHIOMETRIC OXYGEN TO FUEL MASS RATIO; TUBE FURNACES;

CARBON; CARBON MONOXIDE; CYANIDES; FIRING (OF MATERIALS); FLAMMABILITY TESTING; HYDROGEN; OXYGEN; POLYAMIDES; RAYON;

FIRES;

EID: 81755181071     PISSN: 03080501     EISSN: 10991018     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/fam.1076     Document Type: Article

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