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  title info:
    title: Effects of electric fields on the combustion of methane gas
  name:
    name part: Noorani, Rafiqul Islam
    role:
      role term: creator
  name:
    name part: Eubank, P. T.
    role:
      role term: degree committee member.
  name:
    name part: Heffington, W. M.
    role:
      role term: degree committee member.
  name:
    name part: Holmes, Ronald E.
    role:
      role term: degree supervisor.
  name:
    name part: Jenkins, Peter E.
    role:
      role term: degree committee member.
  name:
    name part: Texas A & M University
    role:
      role term: degree granting institution.
  type of resource: text
  genre: bibliography
  genre: Academic theses
  origin info:
    place:
      place term: xx
    date issued: 1982
    issuance: monographic
  language:
    language term: eng
  physical description:
    form: print
    extent: xii, 86 leaves : illustrations ; 29 cm
  abstract: Methane gas is a highly prized fuel in the world. However, the low burning velocity and instability of a flame creates some problems for the burning of natural gas. By applying an electric field, a means may be provided for effectively modifying the combustion process and subsequently stabilizing the flame. Although observations have been made over the years to explain the mechanism of the interaction of electric fields with flames in combustion, the interpretations have often been in doubt and inconsistencies abound in the literature. The main objective of this research was to develop a clear understanding of the interaction between electric fields and flames in combustion. Other objectives are: (i) determine, (a) the flame propagation velocity in a vertical tube, with and without applied longitudinal and transverse electric fields, and (b) the stability of methane gas flame; (ii) determine engineering applications and the directions for future research. Guided by theoretical consideration, experiments were conducted on the lower blowoff limits and flame propagation velocities of methane gas flames, with and without electric fields. By means of electrodes, transverse and longitudinal electric fields were applied to the flames. The results of the research indicate that electric fields, under suitable electrode configurations, can be used as a useful technique in controlling the combustion process. The power consumption from electric fields is very low (less than 1 watt, compared to about 10('3) watts of power obtained by burning 15 cc/sec of methane gas at standard conditions). However, since the major observed effects have been with flames of low flow rate, practical hardware-type applications have not been forthcoming. Further research is necessary before these results are extrapolated to large commercial applications.
  note: "Major subject: Mechanical Engineering."
  note: Typescript (photocopy).
  note: Vita.
  note: Ph. D. in Philosophy Texas A & M University 1982
  note: Includes bibliographical references (leaves 71-74).
  subject:
    topic: Electric fields
  subject:
    topic: Flame
  subject:
    topic: Methane
    topic: Combustion
  subject:
    topic: Mechanical Engineering
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  identifier: https://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/DISSERTATIONS-284652
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    record content source: TXA
    record creation date: 830316
    record change date: 20220103135359.0
    record identifier: in00000276219
    language of cataloging:
      language term: eng