Experimental study on burning rates of square/rectangular gasoline and methanol pool fires under longitudinal air flow in a wind tunnel

Journal of Hazardous Materials

Volumn 169, Issue 1-3, 2009, Pages 972-979

  Hu, L H ^a   Liu, S ^a   Peng, W ^a,b   Huo, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

^b ANHUI UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Burning rate; Gasoline; Longitudinal air flow speed; Methanol; Pool fire

Indexed keywords

AIR FLOW; BURNING RATE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES; INCREMENTAL CHANGES; LONGITUDINAL AIR FLOW SPEED; POOL FIRE; POOL FIRES;

AERODYNAMICS; AIR; DISASTERS; FIRE PROTECTION; FIRES; GASOLINE; METHANOL; SPEED; TUNNELS; WIND TUNNELS;

LAKES;

GASOLINE; METHANOL;

AIRFLOW; BURNING; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FIRE; METHANOL; WIND TUNNEL;

AIRFLOW; ARTICLE; COMBUSTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FIRE; HEAT TRANSFER; TEMPERATURE; THERMODYNAMICS; VELOCITY; WIND;

AIR; FIRES; GASOLINE; KINETICS; METHANOL; WIND;

EID: 67649823432     PISSN: 03043894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2009.04.050     Document Type: Article

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