An improved method of smoke point normalization

Combustion Science and Technology

Volumn 184, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 829-841

  Li, Liming ^a,b   Sunderland, Peter B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

Author keywords

Flame length; Laminar diffusion flame; Soot; Sooting propensity; TSI

Indexed keywords

1-ALKYNES; ATOM RATIO; CARBON NUMBER; FLAME LENGTH; FUEL TYPES; HYDROCARBON DIFFUSION; LAMINAR DIFFUSION FLAMES; N-ALKANES; NORMALIZATION METHODS; SMOKE POINT; SOOTING PROPENSITY; TSI; WEIGHTED AVERAGES;

ACETYLENE; CARBON; FUELS; OLEFINS; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; PARAFFINS; SOOT;

SMOKE;

EID: 84861388631     PISSN: 00102202     EISSN: 1563521X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00102202.2012.670333     Document Type: Article

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