Explosion pressure measurement of methane-air mixtures in different sizes of confinement

Journal of Loss Prevention in the Process Industries

Volumn 46, Issue , 2017, Pages 200-208

  Mittal, Manju ^a  

^a CSIR CENTRAL BUILDING RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Confinement size; Deflagration index; Different shapes; Explosion; Methane

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC IGNITION; METHANE; MIXTURES; PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; SPHERES;

DEFLAGRATION INDEX; DIFFERENT SHAPES; EQUIVALENCE RATIOS; EXPLOSION PRESSURE; MAXIMUM EXPLOSION PRESSURE; METHANE-AIR MIXTURE; PRESSURE AND TEMPERATURE; QUIESCENT CONDITIONS;

EXPLOSIONS;

EID: 85014110991     PISSN: 09504230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jlp.2017.02.022     Document Type: Article

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