Experimental and numerical study of laminar premixed dimethyl ether/methane-air flame

Fuel

Volumn 136, Issue , 2014, Pages 37-45

  Yu, Huibin ^a   Hu, Erjiang ^a   Cheng, Yu ^a   Zhang, Xinyi ^a   Huang, Zuohua ^a  

^a XI'AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

DME; Flame structure; Laminar flame speed; Markstein length; Methane

Indexed keywords

BLENDING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; METHANE; MIXTURES; SPEED;

CONSTANT-VOLUME COMBUSTION VESSELS; DME; EXPERIMENTAL AND NUMERICAL STUDIES; EXPERIMENTAL CONDITIONS; FLAME STRUCTURE; HYDRODYNAMIC INSTABILITIES; LAMINAR FLAME SPEED; MARKSTEIN LENGTHS;

COMBUSTION;

EID: 84905380203     PISSN: 00162361     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fuel.2014.07.032     Document Type: Article

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