- Author
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Quintiere, J. G.
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Grove, B. S.
- Title
- Correlations for Fire Plumes. Final Report.
- Coporate
- Maryland Univ., College Park
- Sponsor
- National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD
- Report
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NIST GCR 98-744,
February 1998,
207 p.
- Distribution
- Available from National Technical Information Service
- Contract
- NIST-GRANT-60NANB6D0073
- Keywords
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fire plumes
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entrainment
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flame height
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flame radiation
- Abstract
- This study began as a review of data and correlations for line plumes. In its attempt to develop a consistent set of correlations for that data set, it developed an analysis to account for the base geometry of the fuel source. An integral model was used for the plume to address the flame zone (near field) and the noncombusting plume (far field). Although point source models were used, the diameter or rectangular source dimensions were included in improved solutions for flame height and entrainment rate.