Some observations on experimental fires in enclosures, part II-Ethyl alcohol and paraffin oil
✍ Scribed by A. Tewarson
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 1972
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 600 KB
- Volume
- 19
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0010-2180
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✦ Synopsis
Results are presrnted for burning rates, temperatures, and gaseous products for expsr~tncntal firer of ethyl alcohol and paraffin oil in a 0.2 m' partially ventilated enclosure Four regions. TimiIar to those found for wood fires, GUI be characte:ized.
A crttical condition, fry similar to wood fi,rcs, corresponding to extreme danger, can be identified by the following equatio;: m cm units. A and h are window area and height respectively: Aris the total internal surface area of the enclosure; and L ;ind D are its length and width respectively. Exienrion and contraction of flam:s an: defined in terms of temperature and product distribution inside the enclosure. Verlical temperature distribution is used lo show the shifting of the approximate interface between hot products and air. It is shown that. at or beIow the critical %dua of&' ;, products contaminarc air which entets the fire.