Maria Mitu

TL;DR: Flame propagation was studied in methane-air-inert mixtures with various initial pressures and compositions using pressure-time records obtained in a spherical vessel with central ignition to determine the overall activation energy.

TL;DR: Both the measured and calculated (adiabatic) explosion pressures are linear functions of reciprocal value of initial temperature, which are extremely useful for predicting the explosion pressures of flammable mixtures at elevated temperatures and/or pressures, when direct measurements are not available.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors examined the characteristic indices of laminar deflagrations propagating in methane-air gaseous mixtures diluted by several inert gases: He, Ar, N2 or CO2.

TL;DR: The transient pressure-time records were used to determine several explosion characteristics of LPG-air: the peak explosion pressure, the explosion time (the time necessary to reach the peak pressure), the maximum rate of pressure rise and the severity factor.

TL;DR: In this article, the experimental explosion pressure and the rates of pressure rise are examined in comparison with literature data, the fluctuations being attributed to differences of heat lost by the flammable gas to the explosion vessel, during flame propagation.