Numerical simulation of smoke plumes from large oil fires

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 30, Issue 24, 1996, Pages 4125-4136

  McGrattan, Kevin B ^a   Baum, Howard R ^a   Rehm, Ronald G ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Buoyant plumes; Crude oil; In situ burning; Large eddy simulation

Indexed keywords

PETROLEUM;

AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; COMBUSTION; FIRE; FLOW; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; PARTICULATE MATTER; PLUME DISPERSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKE; VISCOSITY; WIND;

APPROXIMATION THEORY; COMBUSTION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CRUDE PETROLEUM; FIRES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS; PARTICULATE EMISSIONS; PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES; RANDOM PROCESSES; REYNOLDS NUMBER; THERMAL STRATIFICATION;

BOUSSINESQ APPROXIMATION; BUOYANT PLUMES; EDDY VISCOSITY; LARGE EDDY SIMULATION MODEL; OIL FIRES; SMOKE PLUMES;

SMOKE;

LARGE EDDY SIMULATION; NUMERICAL SIMULATION; OIL FIRE; PARTICULATE MATTER; SMOKE PLUME;

EID: 0030303639     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/1352-2310(96)00151-3     Document Type: Article

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