- Author
- Tokura, I. | Saito, K. | Altenkirch, R. A. | Evans, D. D.
- Title
- Study of Crude Oil Combustion: Thermal Conductivity of the Condensed Phase.
- Coporate
- Kentucky Univ., Lexington National Bureau of Standards, Gaithersburg, MD
- Sponsor
- National Bureau of Standards, Gaithersburg, MD
- Report
- Paper 1,
- Contract
- NBS-GRANT-60NANB7D0739
- Book or Conf
- National Bureau of Standards. Final Report. Volume 1. Papers Presented at Conferences and Submitted for Publication. Volume 2. Experimental Developments in the Combustion of Crude Oils. August 1, 1987-December 15, 1988, Saito, K. Editor(s), 186 pp, 1988. and Combustion Institute/Central States Section. May 11-12, 1987, Argonne, IL, 1-6 pp, 1988., 1988
- Keywords
- crude oil | combustion | thermal conductivity | model studies | ignition
- Abstract
- Crude oil is produced in many places in the world, and accidental spills in oceans often cause environmental problems. Combustion is a possible useful method of removing a crude oil slick from an ocean surface. To develop and understanding of the fundamental combustion behavior of crude oil, a series of scale model tests and numerical model calculations concerning the ignition and burning characteristics of crude oil are planned. In these studies, accurate values of the thermal conductivity of crude oil are required. As a first step in the study, we measured the thermal conductivity of crude oil because, to our knowledge, no such data are available.