Estimate of the Effect of Scale on Radiative Heat Loss Fraction and Combustion Efficiency. Short Communication.
Estimate of the Effect of Scale on Radiative Heat Loss
Fraction and Combustion Efficiency. Short
Communication.
(247 K)
Yang, J. C.; Hamins, A.; Kashiwagi, T.
Combustion Science and Technology, Vol. 96, 183-188,
1994.
Keywords:
radiative heat loss; burning rate; combustion
efficiency; flame height
Abstract:
The effect of the fire size on radiative heat loss
fraction and combustion efficiency was examined by an
analysis of scale for pool flames with varying diameter
(D). Correlations between D and radiative heat loss
fraction or combustion efficiency were obtained. For
0.1m < diameter < 1m, radiative heat loss fraction and
combustion efficiency are relatively constant and
independent of D. For larger pool diameters, radiative
heat loss fraction decreases with increasing D.
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