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Title: Basic research on natural gas combustion phenomena. Final report, September 1989-December 1992

Technical Report ·
OSTI ID:5394130

Experimental and theoretical contributions were made to advance our understanding of the chemical reaction mechanism of natural gas combustion. A radically different technology of mechanism development was shown to be needed in order to progress toward parameterizations of the detailed reaction mechanism that will be suitable for calibrating the reduced-variable mechanisms required for fluid dynamics computer codes. Experimental support of the mechanism development was provided by shock tube investigations of the profiles of OH, CO, CH3 and CH3O intermediates that play key roldes in the combustion process.

Research Organization:
Pennsylvania State Univ., University Park, PA (United States). Davey Lab.
OSTI ID:
5394130
Report Number(s):
PB-94-129046/XAB; CNN: GRI-5086-260-1307; GRI-5086-260-1320
Resource Relation:
Other Information: See also PB--92-149681
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English