ABSTRACT
The laminar burning velocity (LBV) of a gaseous fuel/oxidant feed is a strong function of the feed mixture composition. In this paper, published LBV values are successfully correlated with the square root of the ratio of the thermal diffusivity of the fuel/oxidant feed mixture to the space time at extinction of a hypothetical perfectly stirred reactor (PSR) burning this feed. The PSR simulations use detailed reaction mechanisms. The correlation would be especially useful for estimating the effect chemical wastes would have on the stability of incinerator flames.
