- Author
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Rangwala, A. S.
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Raghavan, V.
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Sipe, J. E.
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Okano, T.
- Title
- New Property Evaluation Scheme for Mass Transfer Analysis in Fire Problems.
- Coporate
- Worcester Polytechnic Inst., MA
I.I.T. Madras, India
- Journal
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Fire Safety Journal,
Vol. 44,
No. 4,
652-658,
May 2009
- Keywords
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mass transfer
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evaluation
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droplets
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combustion
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evaporation
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thermophysical properties
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thermal conductivity
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specific heat
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temperature
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flame temperature
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burning rate
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liquids
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solid fuels
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mathematical models
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equations
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fuels
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oxygen concentration
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ethanol
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benzene
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n-heptane
- Identifiers
- droplet combustion; constant properties; ß-number; Nusselt number; various properties of fuels employed in the current study; comparison of the results obtained by the present scheme against the reported experimental values and other theory; effect of forced convection on burning rate constant; effect of ambient O2 concentration on burning rate constant; flame stand-off distances for flames established over methanol pool for air velocity