- Author
- Fernandez-Pello, A. C.
- Title
- Pool and Wall Fires: Some Fundamental Aspects.
- Coporate
- California Univ., Berkeley
- Sponsor
- National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD
- Report
- Book 10309E
- Contract
- NIST-GRANT-60NANB7D0737
- Book or Conf
- American Society of Mechanical Engineers. ASME/JSME Thermal Engineering Joint Conference, Proceedings. Book No. 10309E. 1991, American Society of Mechanical Engineers, New York, Lloyd, J. R.; Kurosaki, Y., Editors, 261-268 p., 1991
- Keywords
- pool fires | wall fires | burning rate | formulations | flame height
- Abstract
- Pool and wall fires are traditionally treated as separated processes, even although their controlling mechanisms are very similar. In this work we make use of this last aspect of the problem to develop a unified approach to the analysis both types of fires. The general formulation of a condensed fuel burning is developed first, and then applied to the solution of the specific cases of a solid vertical surface (Wall Fire) and of a liquid horizontal surface (Pool Fire). Using this formulation, and studies performed before by others, expressions are developed for the mass burning rates and flame heights, which are two of the most important parameters from the point of view of the fire development.