Absorptance and transmittance of water spray/mist curtains

Fire Safety Journal

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 106-114

  Tseng, C C ^a   Viskanta, R ^a  

^a Purdue University   (United States)

Author keywords

Radiation attenuation by sprays; Radiation characteristics of water sprays; Spectral and total absorptance and transmittance

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION; COMBUSTION; FOG; HEAT RADIATION;

RADIATION ATTENUATION BY SPRAYS; RADIATION CHARACTERISTICS OF WATER SPRAYS; SPECTRAL AND TOTAL ABSORPTANCE AND TRANSMITTANCE;

FIRE PROTECTION;

EID: 33846920909     PISSN: 03797112     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.firesaf.2006.08.005     Document Type: Article

References (20)

1. Mawhinney J.R., and Richardson J.K. A review of water mist fire suppression research and development. Fire Technol 33 1 (1997) 54-90
2. Grant G., Brenton J., and Drysdale D. Fire suppression by water sprays. Prog Energy Combust Sci 26 (2000) 79-130
3. Sacadura J.F. Radiative heat transfer in fire safety science. J Quant Spectrosc Radiat Transfer 93 (2005) 5-24
4. Thomas P.H. Absorption and scattering of radiation by water sprays of large drops. Br J Appl Phys 3 (1952) 385-393
5. Barrett J.C. The optical properties of water droplets in the infrared. J Phys D: Appl Phys 18 (1985) 753-764
6. Yang W., Parker T., Ladouceur H.D., and Kee R.J. The interaction of thermal radiation and water mist in fire suppression. Fire Saf J 39 (2004) 41-66
7. Berour N., Lacroix D., Boulet P., and Jeandel G. Radiative and conductive heat transfer in a nongrey semitransparent medium: application to fire protection curtains. J Quant Spectrosc Radiat Transfer 86 (2004) 9-30
8. Collin A., Boulet P., Lacroix D., and Jeandel A. On radiative transfer in water curtains using the discrete ordinates method. J Quant Spectrosc Radiat Transfer 92 (2005) 85-110
9. Taine J., and Soufiani A. Gas IR radiative properties: from spectroscopic data to approximate models. In: Hartnett J.P., et al. (Ed). Advances in heat transfer vol. 33 (1999), Academic Press, San Diego 295-414
10. Viskanta R. Radiative transfer in combustion systems: fundamentals and applications (2005), Begell House, New York
11. Ravigururajan T.S., and Beltram M.R. A model for attenuation of fire radiation through water droplets. Fire Saf J 15 (1989) 171-181
12. Keramida E.P., Karayanis A.N., Boudouvis A.G., and Markatos N.C. Numerical modeling of radiant heat attenuation through water mist. Combust Sci Technol 150 (2000) 351-371
13. Yang W., and Kee R.J. The effect of monodispersed water mists on the structure, burning velocity, and extinction behavior of freely propagating, premixed, methane-air flames. Combust Flame 130 (2002) 322-325
14. Fuss S.P., Chen E.C., Yang W., Kee R.J., Williams B.A., and Flemings J.W. Inhibition of premixed methane-air flames by water mist. Proc Combust Inst 29 (2002) 361-368
15. Consalvi J.L., Porterie B., and Lorand J.L. On the use of gray assumption for modeling thermal radiation through water sprays. Numer Heat Transfer: Part A 44 (2003) 505-519
16. Viskanta R, Tseng CC. Spectral radiation characteristics of water sprays, Combust Theory Modelling, in press.
17. Modest M.F. Radiative heat transfer. 2nd ed. (2003), Academic Press, New York
18. Wang N.C., and Domoto G.A. The radiative effect of aerosols in the earth atmosphere. J Appl Meteorol 13 (1974) 521-534
19. Mengüç M.P., and Viskanta R. Comparison of radiative transfer approximations for a highly forward scattering planar medium. J Quant Spectrosc Radiat Transfer 29 (1983) 381-394
20. Dolan SS., and Tien C.L. Radiative transfer in packed beds: dependent vs. independent scattering. J Heat Transfer 104 (1982) 57-579