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Author
Pearson, A. | Most, J. M. | Drysdale, D.
Title
Behavior of a Confined Fire Located in an Unventilated Zone.
Coporate
University of Poitiers, 86961 Futuroscope Chasseneuil CĂ©dex, France Edinburgh Univ., Scotland
Report
Volume 31; Part 2,
Book or Conf
Combustion Institute, Symposium (International) on Combustion, 31st. Proceedings. Volume 31. Part 2. August 5-11, 2006, Combustion Institute, Pittsburgh, PA, Heidelberg, Germany, Barlow, R. S.; Sick, V.; Glarborg, P.; Yetter, R. A., Editors, 2529-2536 p., 2007
Keywords
combustion | fire research | enclosures | fire behavior | compartment fires | ventilation | burners | visualisation | emissions | temperature | flame structure | velocity measurements | chemical analysis | thermocouples | gas sampling
Identifiers
ghosting flame; riple flame; flame stabilisation mechanisms; fuel source is located in the upper hot unventilated zone trapped by a soffit; fuel source above the level of a soffit; determination of the parameters (ventilation factor, rate of fuel supply); Particle Image Velocimetry (PIV); description of the flame structure; demarcation between the different combustion regimes; determination of the aerothermochemical mechanisms controlling the combustion regime; visualisation of spontaneous emission from flames; visualisation of the light emitted by the flames