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Alternative-fuel Combustion Processes

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In general, fuels burn only in the gaseous or vapour phase, and in contact with a gaseous oxidant, usually atmospheric oxygen. Gaseous fuels in air therefore require mixing only prior to ignition and combustion, whereas liquid fuels also require vaporisation, and solid fuels need energy from an external source or from the flame itself in order to pyrolyse and provide combustible gases.

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  1. Cranfield Institute of Technology, UK

    E. M. Goodger Ph.D., M.Sc. (Eng.), C.Eng., M.I.Mech.E., M.I.E.Aust., M.R.Ae.S., F.Inst.E., F.Inst.Pet. (Sometime Professor of Mechanical Engineering)

  2. The University of Newcastle, NSW, Australia

    E. M. Goodger Ph.D., M.Sc. (Eng.), C.Eng., M.I.Mech.E., M.I.E.Aust., M.R.Ae.S., F.Inst.E., F.Inst.Pet. (Sometime Professor of Mechanical Engineering)

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  1. E. M. Goodger Ph.D., M.Sc. (Eng.), C.Eng., M.I.Mech.E., M.I.E.Aust., M.R.Ae.S., F.Inst.E., F.Inst.Pet.
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Goodger, E.M. (1980). Alternative-fuel Combustion Processes. In: Alternative Fuels. Palgrave, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-04364-4_6

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