Experimental study of the combustion regimes occurring in a laboratory combustor

Combustion Science and Technology

Volumn 184, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 243-258

  Castela, M ^a   Verissimo A S ^a   Rocha, A M A ^a   Costa, M ^a  

^a INSTITUTO SUPERIOR TÉCNICO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Combustion regimes; Detailed in combustor measurements; Experimental; Flameless oxidation; images; OH; Pollutant emissions

Indexed keywords

COMBUSTION REGIME; EXPERIMENTAL; FLAMELESS OXIDATION; IMAGES; OH; POLLUTANT EMISSION;

CARBON DIOXIDE; CHEMILUMINESCENCE; COMBUSTION CHAMBERS; COMBUSTORS; GAS EMISSIONS; HYDROCARBONS; INLET FLOW; PREHEATING;

AIR INTAKES;

EID: 84860789448     PISSN: 00102202     EISSN: 1563521X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00102202.2011.630592     Document Type: Article

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