A computational study of syngas auto-ignition characteristics at high-pressure and low-temperature conditions with thermal inhomogeneities

Combustion Theory and Modelling

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 587-601

  Pal, Pinaki ^a   Mansfield, Andrew B ^a   Arias, Paul G ^b   Wooldridge, Margaret S ^a   Im, Hong G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b KING ABDULLAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

auto ignition; flames; ignition regimes; numerical simulation; syngas

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; MIXING; MIXTURES; NUMERICAL MODELS; ONE DIMENSIONAL; SYNTHESIS GAS; TEMPERATURE;

AUTO-IGNITION; COMPUTATIONAL STUDIES; FLAMES; LOW TEMPERATURE CONDITIONS; PASSIVE SCALAR MIXING; SINUSOIDAL TEMPERATURE; SYN-GAS; THERMAL FLUCTUATIONS;

SPONTANEOUS COMBUSTION;

EID: 84942503711     PISSN: 13647830     EISSN: 17413559     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13647830.2015.1068373     Document Type: Article

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