- Author
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Dutta, P.
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Gore, J. P.
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Sivathanu, Y. R.
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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
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crude oil
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blowout fires
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atomizing
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flame height
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temperature
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methane
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temperature measurements
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turbulent flow
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combustion
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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.