Effects of hydrogen addition on the premixed laminar-flames of ethanol-air gaseous mixtures: An experimental study

International Journal of Hydrogen Energy

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 4490-4501

  Li, Gesheng ^a   Zhang, Zunhua ^a   Liang, Junjie ^a   Dong, Fan ^a   Li, Yeyuan ^a   Gao, Xiaohong ^a  

^a WUHAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Constant volume combustion vessel; Ethanol; Hydrogen; Laminar burning velocity; Markstein length

Indexed keywords

BURNING VELOCITY; CAMERA SYSTEMS; CONSTANT-VOLUME COMBUSTION VESSELS; EMPIRICAL FORMULAS; EQUIVALENCE RATIOS; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES; FLAME IMAGES; FLAME INSTABILITY; FLAME PROPAGATION SPEED; GASEOUS MIXTURE; HIGH-SPEED; HYDROGEN ADDITION; LAMINAR BURNING VELOCITY; MARKSTEIN LENGTHS; POSITIVE CORRELATIONS; PREMIXED; SPHERICAL FLAMES;

ETHANOL; FLAMMABILITY TESTING; HYDROGEN; IGNITION;

FLAME RESEARCH;

EID: 84856752076     PISSN: 03603199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2011.11.126     Document Type: Article

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