Theoretical Prediction of Laminar Burning Speed and Ignition Delay Time of Gas-to-Liquid Fuel

Journal of Energy Resources Technology, Transactions of the ASME

Volumn 139, Issue 2, 2017, Pages

  Yu, Guangying ^a   Askari, Omid ^b   Hadi, Fatemeh ^a   Wang, Ziyu ^a   Metghalchi, Hameed ^a   Kannaiyan, Kumaran ^c   Sadr, Reza ^c  

^a Northeastern University   (United States)

^b MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY AT QATAR   (Qatar)

Author keywords

chemical mechanism; detailed kinetics model; experimental data; gas to liquid; ignition delay time; laminar burning speed; theoretical prediction

Indexed keywords

IGNITION; LIQUID FUELS; PARAFFINS; SYNTHETIC FUELS;

CHEMICAL MECHANISM; DETAILED KINETIC MODELLING; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; FISCHER-TROPSCH PROCESS; GAS TO LIQUIDS; IGNITION DELAY TIME; IGNITION DELAYS; LAMINAR BURNING SPEED; SYNTHETIC JETS; THEORETICAL PREDICTION;

FORECASTING;

EID: 84978397111     PISSN: 01950738     EISSN: 15288994     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.4033984     Document Type: Article

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