Dynamics of Fast Flames, Detonations and Their Suppression in C2H4/Air and C3H8/Air Premixed Systems.
Dynamics of Fast Flames, Detonations and Their
Suppression in C2H4/Air and C3H8/Air Premixed Systems.
(139 K)
Gmurczyk, G. W.; Grosshandler, W. L.
NISTIR 5499; September 1994.
National Institute of Standards and Technology. Annual
Conference on Fire Research: Book of Abstracts.
October 17-20, 1994, Gaithersburg, MD, 27-28 pp, 1994.
Available from:
National Technical Information Service
Order number: PB95-104964
Keywords:
fire research; predictive models; detonation; flame
fronts; dynamic characteristics
Abstract:
Experimental investigations of the effect of the fuel
type, composition of the combustible mixture, geometry
of the combustion system and concentration of the
suppressing agent were investigated in a two-sectional
50 mm i.d. detonation tube. Depending on the initial
and boundary conditions, fast flames, quasi-detonations,
Chapman-Jouguet detonations, and over-driven detonations
were obtainable as possible modes of combustion. Each
of such combustion modes constituted a reference state
for further determination of the dynamic characteristics
of the suppression processes.
Building and Fire Research Laboratory
National Institute of Standards and Technology
Gaithersburg, MD 20899