Numerical investigation of a MILD combustion burner: Analysis of mixing field, chemical kinetics and turbulence-chemistry interaction

Flow, Turbulence and Combustion

Volumn 88, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 597-623

  Aminian, Javad ^a   Galletti, Chiara ^b   Shahhosseini, Shahrokh ^a   Tognotti, Leonardo ^b  

^a IRAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Detailed kinetic mechanism; Eddy Dissipation Concept; Flameless combustion; Jet in hot coflow; Turbulence chemistry interaction

Indexed keywords

CO-FLOW; DETAILED KINETICS; EDDY DISSIPATION CONCEPT; FLAMELESS COMBUSTION; TURBULENCE-CHEMISTRY INTERACTIONS;

COMBUSTION; KINETICS; TURBULENCE MODELS;

CHEMICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 84861456878     PISSN: 13866184     EISSN: 15731987     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10494-012-9386-z     Document Type: Review

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