Effect of H2O Addition on the Flame Front Evolution of Syngas Spherical Propagation Flames

Combustion Science and Technology

Volumn 188, Issue 7, 2016, Pages 1054-1072

  Wang, Jinhua ^a   Xie, Yongliang ^a   Cai, Xiao ^a   Nie, Yaohui ^a   Peng, Cheng ^a   Huang, Zuohua ^a  

^a XI'AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Cellular instability; Flame acceleration; H2O addition; Syngas

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; COMBUSTION; MIXTURES; SPHERES; STABILITY; SYNTHESIS GAS;

CELLULAR INSTABILITIES; CONSTANT VOLUME COMBUSTION BOMB; ELEVATED PRESSURE; FLAME ACCELERATIONS; FLAME INSTABILITY; H2O ADDITION; SELF-SIMILAR REGIONS; SYN-GAS;

FLAME RESEARCH;

EID: 84977126599     PISSN: 00102202     EISSN: 1563521X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00102202.2016.1145118     Document Type: Article

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