- Author
- Jeng, S. M. | Faeth, G. M.
- Title
- Radiative Heat Fluxes Near Turbulent Buoyant Methane Diffusion Flames.
- Coporate
- Pennsylvania State Univ., University Park, PA
- Journal
- Journal of Heat Transfer, Transactions of the ASME, Vol. 106, 886-888, November 1984
- Keywords
- diffusion flames
- Abstract
- The objective of this investigation was to develop and evaluate methods for predicting total radiation heat fluxes produced by buoyant, turbulent, diffusion flames--motivated by the fact that flame radiation significantly influences rates of fire spread and burning during unwanted fires. The investigation was limited to round methane-fueled diffusion flames burning in still air, since their structure and spectral radiation properties had been studied earlier in this laboratory. Another advantage of these methane flames is that they radiate primarily in the infrared gas bands and the absence of continuum radiation from soot avoids current difficulties in predicting soot concentrations in flames.