Initial fuel temperature effects on burning rate of pool fire

Journal of Hazardous Materials

Volumn 188, Issue 1-3, 2011, Pages 369-374

  Chen, Bing ^a   Lu, Shou Xiang ^a   Li, Chang Hai ^a   Kang, Quan Sheng ^a,b   Lecoustre, Vivien ^c  

^a DONGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Burning rate; Initial fuel temperature; Pool fire; Temperature distribution

Indexed keywords

BOILING TEMPERATURE; BULK LIQUID; BURNING BEHAVIOR; BURNING RATE; DEVELOPMENT STAGES; FIRE SCIENCE; FUEL SURFACES; FUEL TEMPERATURE; INITIAL FUEL TEMPERATURE; MAXIMUM VALUES; N-HEPTANES; POOL FIRES; TRANSITION STAGE; VESSEL WALLS;

BOILING POINT; FIRE PROTECTION; FIRES; GLASS INDUSTRY; LAKES; TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION; THERMOANALYSIS;

FUELS;

FUEL; HEPTANE;

BOATING; BURNING; COMBUSTION; FIRE; FUEL; SURFACE TEMPERATURE;

ARTICLE; COMBUSTION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FIRE; POOL FIRE; SURFACE PROPERTY; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY;

FIRES; HEPTANES; SOLVENTS; TEMPERATURE; TRANSITION TEMPERATURE;

EID: 79952484529     PISSN: 03043894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2011.01.122     Document Type: Article

References (23)

1. Planas-Cuchi E., Montiel H., Casal J. A survey of the origin, type and consequences of fire accidents in process plants and in the transportation of hazardous materials. Trans. IchemE. 1997, 75:3-8.
2. Blinov V.I., Khudiakov G.N. Certain laws governing diffusive burning of liquids. Academmiia Nauk, SSSR Doklady 1957, 113:1094-1098.
3. I.V. Blinov, G.N. Khudiakov, Diffusive burning of liquids, Report No. T-1490a-c, ASTIA, AD296762, US Army Engineering and Research Laboratories, 1961.
4. Burgess D., Strasser A., Grumer J. Division of Fuel Chemistry American Chemical Society 1961, Symposium on Fire Control Research, Chicago, Illinois, pp. 177-192.
5. Hayasaka H. Unsteady burning rates of small pool fires. Proc.5th Symp. (Int.) on Fire Safety Sci. 1997, 499-510.
6. Apter V.B., Green A.R., Kent J.H. Pool Fire Plume Flow in a Large-scale Wind Tunnel. Proc. 3rd Symp. (Int.) on Fire Safety Sci. 1991, 425-434.
7. Hiroshi Koseki, Mulholland G.W. The effect of diameter on the burning of crude oil pool fires. Fire Technol. 1991, 27(1):54-65.
8. Torero J.L., Olenick S.M., Garo J.P., Vantelon J.P. Determination of the burning characteristics of a slick of oil on water. Spill Sci. Technol. Bull. 2003, 8:379-390.
9. Ferrero F.M., Kozanoglu B., Casal J., Arnaldos J. Experimental study of thin-layer boilover in large-scale pool fires. J. Hazard. Mater. 2006, 137:1293-1302.
10. Fang J., Yu C.Y., Tu R. The influence of low atmospheric pressure on carbon monoxide of n-heptane pool fires. J. Hazard. Mater. 2008, 154:476-483.
11. Li Z.H., He Y.P., Zhang H., Wang J. Combustion characteristics of n-heptane and wood crib fires at different altitudes. Proc. Combust. Inst. 2009, 32:2481-2488.
12. Hu L.H., Liu S., Peng W., Huo R. Experimental study on burning rates of square/rectangular gasoline and methanol pool fires under longitudinal air flow in a wind tunnel. J. Hazard. Mater. 2009, 169:972-979.
13. Roh J.S., Yang S.S., Ryou H.S. Tunnel fires: experiments on critical velocity and burning rate in pool fire during longitudinal ventilation. J. Fire Sci. 2007, 25:161-176.
14. Utiskula Y., Quintiere J.G., Rangwala A.S., Ringwelski B.A., Wakatsuki K., Naruse T. Compartment fire phenomena under limited ventilation. Fire Safety J. 2005, 40:367-390.
15. A. Hamins, J. Yang, T. Kashiwagi, A Global model for predicting the burning rates of liquid pool fires, Report No. NISTIR 6381, US Department of Commerce, 1999.
16. Nakakuki A. Heat transfer in small scale pool fires. Combust. Flame 1994, 96:311-324.
17. Nakakuki A. Heat transfer in hot-zone-forming pool fires. Combust. Flame 1997, 109:353-369.
18. Muñoz M., Arnaldos J., Casal J., Planas E. Analysis of the geometric and radiative characteristics of hydrocarbon pool fires. Combust. Flame 2004, 139:263-277.
19. Muñoz M., Planas E., Ferrero F., Casal J. Predicting the emissive power of hydrocarbon pool fires. J. Hazard. Mater. 2007, 144:725-729.
20. Fay J.A. Model of large pool fires. J. Hazard. Mater. 2006, 136:219-232.
21. Chatris J.M., Quintela J., Folch J., Planas E., Arnaldos J., Casal J. Experimental study of burning rate in hydrocarbon pool fires. Combust. Flame 2001, 126:1373-1383.
22. Quintiere J.G. Fundamentals of Fire Phenomena 2006, Wiley, West Sussex.
23. Nakakuki A. Heat transfer in pool fires at a certain small lip height. Combust. Flame 2002, 131:259-272.