A Model of Freely Burning Pool Fires

Abstract

This paper presents a zone model of liquid pool fires burning in an open environment. The model is a system of coupled non-linear equations which contains physical parameters for which reliable values are not currently available. With a judicious estimate of these parameters, the model was tested on various size fires burning three types of fuel. The predicted results are comparable with experimental results from three groups of earlier workers. Sensitivity analyses were run to determine the relative influence of each estimated parameter on the predicted results. These analyses show that efficiency of combustion in the fire is the most important estimated parameter in this model.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 1983
Accession Number
ADA139282

Entities

People

  • C. C. Ndubizu
  • David E. Ramaker
  • F. W. Williams
  • P. A. Tatem

Organizations

  • George Washington University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Ground and Sea Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Absorption Coefficients
  • Air Entrainment
  • Boiling Point
  • Chemistry
  • Coefficients
  • Combustion
  • Differential Equations
  • Efficiency
  • Equations
  • Froude Number
  • Fuels
  • Heat Energy
  • Heat Of Combustion
  • Heat Of Vaporization
  • Heat Transfer
  • Heat Transfer Coefficients
  • Molecular Weight

Readers

  • Adaptive Control and Estimation with Uncertainty in Dynamic Systems.
  • Combustion and Flow Dynamics.
  • Systems Analysis and Design