- Author
- Dutta, P. | Gore, J. P. | Sivathanu, Y. R. | Sojka, P. E.
- Title
- Global Properties of High Liquid Loading Turbulent Crude Oil + Methane/Air Spray Flames.
- Coporate
- Purdue Univ., West Lafayette, IN
- Journal
- Combustion and Flame, Vol. 97, No. 3-4, 251-260, 1994
- Sponsor
- National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD
- Contract
- NIST-GRANT-60NANB1D1172
- Keywords
- crude oil | blowout fires | atomizing | flame height | temperature | methane | temperature measurements | turbulent flow | combustion | oil well fires
- Identifiers
- atomization; two phase flow; crude petroleum; fuel burners
- Abstract
- Measurements of atomization quality, flame heights, radiative fractions, emission temperatures, and transmittance for Alberta sweet crude oil/methane flames established on a novel burner for simulating well-blowout fires are reported. The results show the effects of two-phase flow on flame heights. The measurements of radiative fractions and the optical properties suggest relatively low soot loading. The measured high temperatures suggest almost complete combustion of crude-oil. However, larger-scale tests as well as information concerning the physical processes in the present atomizer and burner are essential for the application to practical fires and combustion devices.