Enhancement effects of methane/air explosion caused by water spraying in a sealed vessel

Journal of Loss Prevention in the Process Industries

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 313-318

  Zhang, Pengpeng ^a   Zhou, Yihui ^a   Cao, Xingyan ^a   Gao, Xuliang ^a   Bi, Mingshu ^a  

^a DALIAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Explosion enhancement; Explosion pressure; Methane air explosion; Ultrafine water mist

Indexed keywords

METHANE; SPRAY NOZZLES;

EXPLOSION OVERPRESSURE; EXPLOSION PRESSURE; FLAME PROPAGATION VELOCITY; METHANE CONCENTRATIONS; METHANE/AIR EXPLOSIONS; PHASE DOPPLER PARTICLE ANEMOMETER; SAUTER MEAN DIAMETER (SMD); WATER MIST;

EXPLOSIONS;

EID: 84899686285     PISSN: 09504230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jlp.2014.03.014     Document Type: Article

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