Experimental investigation of the stability limits of premixed syngas-air flames at two moderate swirl numbers

Combustion and Flame

Volumn 164, Issue , 2016, Pages 270-282

  Sayad, Parisa ^a   Schönborn, Alessandro ^b   Klingmann, Jens ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b SINTEF ENERGY RESEARCH   (Norway)

Author keywords

Flashback; Gas turbine; Lean blowout; OH* chemiluminescence; Swirl number; Syngas

Indexed keywords

BLOWOUTS; CHEMILUMINESCENCE; COMBUSTORS; EQUIVALENCE CLASSES; FLOW FIELDS; FLOW VELOCITY; GAS TURBINES; MIXTURES; SYNTHESIS GAS; VELOCITY; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT;

EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATIONS; FLAME STABILIZATION; FLASHBACK; HIGH-SPEED PARTICLES; LEAN BLOW OUT; RECIRCULATION ZONES; SWIRL NUMBERS; SYN-GAS;

FLAME RESEARCH;

FUEL;

AIR; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHEMOLUMINESCENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLAME; FLOW; GAS; PARTICLE IMAGE VELOCIMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VELOCITY;

EID: 84957432837     PISSN: 00102180     EISSN: 15562921     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.combustflame.2015.11.026     Document Type: Article

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