Experimental study of fuel sootiness effects on flashover

Journal of Hazardous Materials

Volumn 178, Issue 1-3, 2010, Pages 123-129

  Tsai, Kuang Chung ^a   Chen, Hung Hsiang ^a  

^a NATIONAL KAOHSIUNG UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Fire hazard; Flashover; Fuel sootiness

Indexed keywords

EMPIRICAL CORRELATIONS; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES; FIRE SAFETY; HEAT FEEDBACK; HEAT RELEASE RATES; ISO-PROPANOLS; N-HEXANE; RADIATIVE HEAT TRANSFER; TEST CHAMBERS;

FIRE HAZARDS; FIRES; FLASHOVER; FLOORS; HEAT RADIATION; HEXANE; METHANOL; METHANOL FUELS;

FUELS;

GASOLINE; HEXANE; METHANOL; PROPANOL;

EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FIRE; FUEL; HAZARD;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FIRE; FIRE PROTECTION; HEAT TRANSFER; HEATING; PARTICLE SIZE; ROOM TEMPERATURE; SOOT; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY;

2-PROPANOL; ALGORITHMS; FIRES; GASOLINE; HEXANES; KINETICS; METHANOL; MODELS, STATISTICAL; SMOKE; SOOT; TEMPERATURE; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 77951497834     PISSN: 03043894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2010.01.051     Document Type: Article

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