SPONTANEOUS IGNITION OF LIQUID FUELS

Abstract

This AGARDograph is essentially a review and assessment of the state of knowledge in one area of the combustion field, but it should serve in addition as a sourcebook of the great amount of experimental information on spontaneous ignition published in the scientific literature during the present century. The spontaneous ignition temperature of a combustible is not an absolute property and all spontaneous ignition data need to be interpreted carefully in the light of the conditions of the test methods by which they were obtained. Hence the various test methods were classified under eight main headings and have been described in some detail, frequently with the aid of a line diagram. These descriptions, together with accounts of the work undertaken with the various apparatuses, form the substance of eight chapters. Spontaneous ignition temperature data is presented in Chapter 11 (pages 61 to 72) for 433 substances arranged in alphabetical order and comprises more than 900 entries. Other chapters deal with general theoretical considerations, fuel additives and applications of spontaneous ignition data.

Open PDF

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 1955
Accession Number
AD0688922

Entities

People

  • B. P. Mullins

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Alkanes
  • Alkenes
  • Chemical Reactions
  • Chemical Synthesis
  • Chemistry
  • Hydrocarbon Fuels
  • Ignition Lag
  • Materials Laboratories
  • Materials Processing
  • Materials Science
  • Materials Testing
  • Organic Chemistry

Readers

  • Business Analytics
  • Materials Science and Engineering.
  • Petroleum Engineering