- 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
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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.