Hexane Air Combustion

2010/09/29 by Philipp A. Boettcher, Philipp Boettcher, Brian Ventura +5
Engineering · Physics and Astronomy · #Combustion and Detonation Processes #Combustion and flame dynamics #Computational Fluid Dynamics and Aerodynamics #FOS: Physical sciences #Fluid Dynamics (physics.flu-dyn) #physics.flu-dyn

paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.1009.5954

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arxiv created 2010/09/29 · openalex publication_date 2010/09/29 · arxiv updated 2010/09/30 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28

Abstract

Hot surface ignition and subsequent flame propagation of premixed n-hexane air mixtures are shown in this fluid dynamics video. High speed schlieren photography revealed 3 distinct behaviors of ignition and propagation as a function of mixture composition and initial pressure.

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