- Author
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Fischer, S. J.
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Grosshandler, W. L.
- Title
- Measurement of Properties Influencing Radiation From an Ethanol Pool Fire.
- Coporate
- Washington State Univ., Pullman, WA
- Sponsor
- National Science Foundation, Washington, DC
- Contract
- GRANT-MEA-8101953
GRANT-CBT-8412721
- Book or Conf
- Combustion Institute/Canadian and Western States Section. Spring Meeting, 1986. April 27-30, 1986.,
Banff, Alberta, Canada,
1-31 p.,
1986
- Keywords
-
pool fires
- Abstract
- The properties affecting the radiative output of a 0.5 m diameter liquid ethanol pool fire are measured. A multi-channel thermocouple probe is used to simultaneously measure the temperature fluctuations of the flame. The flame behavior is dominated by a 2 Hz oscillation everywhere in the flame. The compensated peak temperature is 1300 K and the maximum standard deviation is 330 K. Measurements of CO2, CO, unburned hydrocarbons, soot volume fraction and narrow-angle radiation show that the peak radiance from the flame occurs around the centerline for heights below 100 mm.