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Author
Vandsburger, U. | Kennedy, I. | Glassman, I.
Title
Sooting Counterflow Diffusion Flames with Varying Oxygen Index.
Coporate
Princeton Univ., NJ
Journal
Combustion Science and Technology, Vol. 39, No. 1-6, 263-285, 1984
Book or Conf
National Bureau of Standards/Center for Fire Research. Fire Science for Fire Safety. August 23-25, 1983., Gaithersburg, MD, Levine, R. S.; Pagni, P. J., Editors, 1984
Keywords
soot | diffusion flames | oxygen index | wind tunnels | oxygen concentration
Abstract
Varying oxygen concentrations was found to have pronounced effects on the sooting characteristics of diffusion flames. Ethylene and propane flames were stabilized around a porous ceramic cylindrical burner mounted in a vertically oriented, low turbulence wind tunnel.