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Author
Thomas, P. H. | Baldwin, R. | Heselden, A. J. M.
Title
Buoyant Diffusion Flames: Some Measurements of Air Entrainment, Heat Transfer, and Flame Merging.
Coporate
Fire Research Station, Borehamwood, England
Book or Conf
Combustion Institute, Symposium (International) on Combustion, 10th. August 17-21, 1964, Combustion Institute, Pittsburgh, PA, Cambridge, England, 983-996 p., 1965
Keywords
diffusion flames | air entrainment | heat transfer | burning rate | air flow | air velocity | oxygen concentration | flame shapes
Abstract
Thistledown has been used as a tracer to measure the flow of air toward ethyl alcohol and wood fires 91 cm in diameter, and a smaller town gas fire.