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Author
Zukoski, E. E.
Title
Scaling Flame Lengths of Large Diffusion Flames.
Coporate
California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA
Sponsor
National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD
Report
NISTIR 5904, October 1996,
Distribution
Available from National Technical Information Service
Book or Conf
National Institute of Standards and Technology. Annual Conference on Fire Research: Book of Abstracts. October 28-31, 1996, Gaithersburg, MD, 39-40 p., 1996
Keywords
fire research | fire science | diffusion flames | scaling laws | flame length
Abstract
The scaling laws for flame length of large buoyant diffusion flames have not been established on any basis except simple correlations and the correct parameters to be used in these have not been clearly established. Several possible parameters are discussed and a set of experiments is described in which the effects on the flame length of changing these parameters are investigated. The changes in the parameters are accomplished by diluting natural gas fuel with nitrogen and by heating and diluting the ambient air with products of combustion.