A numerical investigation of laminar and turbulent premixed flames in porous media

Combustion Science and Technology

Volumn 183, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1164-1183

  Yarahmadi, A ^a   Nobari, M R H ^a   Hosseini, R ^a  

^a AMIRKABIR UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Finite volume; Porous media; Premixed combustion; Turbulent flames

Indexed keywords

AXISYMMETRIC; COMBUSTION CHARACTERISTICS; CYLINDRICAL MODELS; FINITE VOLUME; FLAME STABILIZATION; GAS TEMPERATURE; NUMERICAL INVESTIGATIONS; NUMERICAL RESULTS; POROUS BURNERS; POROUS STRUCTURES; PREMIXED COMBUSTION; REACTION ZONES; REACTIVE FLOW; SIMPLE ALGORITHM; TURBULENT FLAME; TURBULENT PREMIXED FLAME;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FINITE VOLUME METHOD; NUMERICAL METHODS; POROUS MATERIALS;

COMBUSTION;

EID: 84855704578     PISSN: 00102202     EISSN: 1563521X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00102202.2011.586007     Document Type: Article

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