Emissions of nitrogen oxides from flares operating at low flow conditions

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 51, Issue 39, 2012, Pages 12600-12605

  Torres, Vincent M ^a   Herndon, Scott ^b   Wood, Ezra ^b,c   Al Fadhli, Fahad M ^a   Allen, David T ^a  

^a The University of Texas at Austin   (United States)

^b AERODYNE RESEARCH INC   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMBUSTION EFFICIENCIES; FLAME TEMPERATURES; FORMATION OF NITROGEN OXIDES; FULL SCALE; HIGH COMBUSTION EFFICIENCY; HIGH HEATING VALUES; LOW FLOW CONDITION; LOW HEATING VALUES; MAXIMUM FLOWS; NOX EMISSIONS; OPERATING CONDITION; OZONE FORMATION POTENTIALS; PHOTOCHEMICAL MODELING; STEAM-ASSISTED;

CARBON DIOXIDE; GASES; OZONE;

NITROGEN OXIDES;

EID: 84867068018     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: 15205045     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie300179x     Document Type: Article

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