Experimental and computational study of soot evolution in a turbulent nonpremixed bluff body ethylene flame

Combustion and Flame

Volumn 160, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 1298-1309

  Mueller, Michael E ^a   Chan, Qing N ^b,d   Qamar, Nader H ^b,e   Dally, Bassam B ^b   Pitsch, Heinz ^a,c   Alwahabi, Zeyad T ^b   Nathan, Graham J ^b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^c RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^e FCT Combustion ^*  (Australia)

Author keywords

Bluff body flame; Large Eddy Simulation; Laser induced incandescence; Soot; Turbulent nonpremixed flame

Indexed keywords

A1. LARGEEDDY SIMULATIONS (LES); BLUFF-BODY FLAME; COMPUTATIONAL STUDIES; DIFFERENT EVOLUTIONS; LASER INDUCED INCANDESCENCE; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON (PAH); TURBULENT NON-PREMIXED; TURBULENT NON-PREMIXED FLAME;

ACETYLENE; DUST; ETHYLENE; LARGE EDDY SIMULATION; LIGHTING; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; SHEAR FLOW; SURFACE REACTIONS; VOLUME FRACTION;

SOOT;

ETHYLENE; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON;

ARTICLE; CIRCULATION; COMBUSTION; LARGE EDDY SIMULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION; SOOT; SURFACE PROPERTY;

EID: 84876722698     PISSN: 00102180     EISSN: 15562921     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.combustflame.2013.02.010     Document Type: Article

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