- Author
- Gore, J. P. | Klassen, M. E.
- Title
- Study of Structure and Radiation Properties of Pool Fires. Annual Report. July 1, 1989-June 30, 1990.
- Coporate
- Maryland Univ., College Park
- Sponsor
- National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD
- Report
- Annual Report, 1991, 37 p.
- Contract
- NIST-GRANT-60NANB09D0944
- Keywords
- pool fires | flame height | burning rate | radiative heat loss | fuels | luminous flames | soot | absorption | data analysis
- Identifiers
- two-line emission intensities
- Abstract
- Measurements of flame heights, 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 luminous 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.