- Author
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Pantalone, J. C.
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Ergut, Z.
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Levendis, Y. A.
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Richter, H.
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Carlson, J. B.
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Jordan, J.
- Title
- Experimental and Numerical Study of Emissions From Fuel-Rich Combustion of Pulverized Polystyrene.
- Coporate
- Northeastern Univ., Boston, MA
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge
Army SBCCOM, Natick Soldier Center, Natick, MA
- Journal
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Combustion Science and Technology,
Vol. 178,
No. 7,
1297-1324,
July 2006
- Keywords
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polystyrene
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emissions
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combustion
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polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons
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soot
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kinetics
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plastics
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temperature
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gas temperature
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styrene
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velocity profiles
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droplets
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evaporation
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reaction kinetics
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experiments
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furnaces
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reaction zone
- Identifiers
- investigation on the formation of products of incomplete combustion (PIC) of waste poly(styrene) (PS); externally-heated drop-tube laboratory furnace; evolution of fixed product gases; unburned light volatile organic compounds (VOC); semi-volatile organic compounds (SVOC); 3-dimensional model using the CFD code FLENT; polystyrene was in the form of pellets; error analysis; numerical simulation of gas temperature and velocity profiles in the furnace; numerical simulation of styrene droplet evaporation