- Author
- Gore, J. P. | Klassen, M. E. | Hamins, A. | Kashiwagi, T.
- Title
- Fuel Property Effects on Burning Rate and Radiative Transfer From Liquid Pool Flames.
- Coporate
- Maryland Univ., College Park National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD
- Sponsor
- National Science Foundation, Washington, DC
- Contract
- NIST-GRANT-60NANB8D0944 NSF-GRANT-CTS-8914520
- Book or Conf
- International Association for Fire Safety Science. Fire Safety Science. Proceedings. 3rd International Symposium. July 8-12, 1991, Elsevier Applied Science, New York, Edinburgh, Scotland, Cox, G.; Langford, B., Editors, 395-404 p., 1991
- Keywords
- fire research | fire safety | fire science | pool fires | radiation | burning rate | radiative heat loss | fuels | luminious flames | soot
- Abstract
- Measurements of burning rates and radiative heat loss fractions for pool flames burning a variety of fuels in pools of three sizes are reported. The data show significant effects of fuel type on burning rates. The radiative heat loss fractions of luminious flames are found to be relatively independent of sooting tendency. Measurements of monochromatic absorption and two-line emission intensities indicate that this insensitivity is due to the presence of large quantities of cold soot in heavily sooting flames.