- Author
- McCaffrey, B. J.
- Title
- Momentum Diffusion Flame Characteristics and the Effects of Water Spray.
- Coporate
- National Bureau of Standards, Gaithersburg, MD
- Journal
- Combustion Science and Technology, Vol. 63, No. 4-6, 315-335, 1989
- Sponsor
- Interior Dept., Reston, VA
- Report
- NBSIR 86-3442, November 1986, 71 p.
- Distribution
- Available from National Technical Information Service
- Keywords
- water sprays | blowout fires | blowoff | diffusion flames | entrainment | extinguishment | suppression
- Identifiers
- radiative fraction
- Abstract
- For water spray suppression of gas well blow-out fire applications, reasonably large scale (1-10MW) subsonic methane diffusion flames have been investigated near the high Froude number limit.