A laminar flame speed correlation of hydrogen-methanol blends valid at engine-like conditions

International Journal of Hydrogen Energy

Volumn 38, Issue 35, 2013, Pages 15500-15509

  Liu, Xiaolong ^a   Ji, Changwei ^a   Gao, Binbin ^a   Wang, Shuofeng ^a   Liang, Chen ^a   Yang, Jinxin ^a  

^a BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

CFD simulation; Hydrogen; Laminar flame speed; Methanol; SI engines

Indexed keywords

CALCULATION PROGRAMS; CFD SIMULATIONS; COHERENT FLAME MODEL; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS SIMULATIONS; EQUIVALENCE RATIOS; HYDROGEN VOLUME FRACTION; LAMINAR FLAME SPEED; SI ENGINES;

COMBUSTION; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; ENGINES; METHANOL;

HYDROGEN;

EID: 84887054089     PISSN: 03603199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2013.09.031     Document Type: Article

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