[Stoves] [Gasification] combustion math question (help needed)

[frank]

Dear stovers,

Thomas Reed wrote:

>
>Hydrogen has by far the highest burning velocity - ~3 m/s compared to 
>0.4 m/s for most fuels.  This lends some of hydrogen's advantages to 
>mixtures with all other fuels. 
>  
>
I am trying to understand the 'burning velocity' concept. Is this 
determined by and does this mean that hydrogen can come out of a pipe at 
a rate of up to 3 m/s and still have combustion?
and wood gas (without H) can be feed at a rate of up to 0.4 meters per 
second to the secondary?

Thanks
Frank





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