Clarke–Riley diffusion flame explained

In combustion, Clarke–Riley diffusion flame is a diffusion flame that develops inside a naturally convected boundary layer on a hot fuel surface with quiescent oxidizer environment, first studied and experimentally verified by John Frederick Clarke and Norman Riley in 1976.^[1] This problem is an extension of Emmons problem.^[2]

See also

• Emmons problem
• Liñán's diffusion flame theory

Notes and References

1. Clarke, J. F., & Riley, N. (1976). Free convection and the burning of a horizontal fuel surface. Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 74(3), 415-431.
2. 10.1098/rsbm.2014.0012. John Frederick Clarke 1 May 1927 – 11 June 2013. Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society. 60. 87–106. 2014. Bray . K. N. C.. Kenneth Bray. Riley . N.. free.