A model for the laminar flame speed of binary fuel blends and its application to methane/hydrogen mixtures

International Journal of Hydrogen Energy

Volumn 37, Issue 13, 2012, Pages 10390-10396

  Chen, Zheng ^a   Dai, Peng ^a   Chen, Shiyi ^a  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Binary fuel blends; Laminar flame speed; Methane hydrogen

Indexed keywords

BINARY MIXTURES; BINS; BLENDING; COMBUSTION; INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINES; METHANE; MIXTURES; SPEED;

BINARY FUEL BLENDS; CHEMICAL REACTION PROCESS; FUEL COMPONENTS; ITS APPLICATIONS; LAMINAR FLAME SPEED; LINEAR COMBINATIONS; MODEL PREDICTION; STRONG NONLINEARITY;

FUELS;

EID: 84862208962     PISSN: 03603199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2012.04.015     Document Type: Article

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