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The possibility of flame spread over the surface of a liquid fuel (n-butanol) in two-phase flow with a gaseous oxidizer in a narrow rectangular channel is demonstrated. The results of a detailed experimental study of combustion in this system are given. Dependences of the flame propagation speed on the initial temperature and oxidizer and fuel flow rates are obtained.
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Original Russian Text © V.V. Zamashchikov, A.A. Korzhavin, E.A. Chinnov.
Published in Fizika Goreniya i Vzryva, Vol. 50, No. 4, pp. 15–21, July–August, 2014.
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Zamashchikov, V.V., Korzhavin, A.A. & Chinnov, E.A. Combustion of a liquid fuel in a rectangular channel. Combust Explos Shock Waves 50, 381–386 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0010508214040030
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