Pressure effects on flame structures and chemical pathways for lean premixed turbulent H2/air flames: Three-dimensional DNS studies

Fuel

Volumn 215, Issue , 2018, Pages 320-329

  Wang, Xujiang ^a   Jin, Tai ^a,b   Xie, Yongliang ^c   Luo, Kai Hong ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c SOUTHWEST JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Direct numerical simulation (DNS); Elevated pressure; Flame structure; Lean premixed turbulent flame; Pressure dependent reaction

Indexed keywords

DIRECT NUMERICAL SIMULATION; NUMERICAL MODELS; TEMPERATURE;

DARRIEUS-LANDAU INSTABILITY; DIFFERENT PRESSURES; ELEVATED PRESSURE; FLAME STRUCTURE; KOLMOGOROV LENGTHS; LEAN PREMIXED; PRESSURE DEPENDENT; PRESSURE-DEPENDENT REACTIONS;

PRESSURE EFFECTS;

EID: 85034642597     PISSN: 00162361     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fuel.2017.10.094     Document Type: Article

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