Global Properties of High Liquid Loading Turbulent Crude Oil + Methane/Air Spray Flames.
Global Properties of High Liquid Loading Turbulent Crude
Oil + Methane/Air Spray Flames.
(620 K)
Dutta, P.; Gore, J. P.; Sivathanu, Y. R.; Sojka, P. E.
Combustion and Flame, Vol. 97, No. 3-4, 251-260, 1994.
Sponsor:
National Institute of Standards and Technology,
Gaithersburg, MD
Keywords:
crude oil; blowout fires; atomizing; flame height;
temperature; methane; temperature measurements;
turbulent flow; combustion; oil well fires
Abstract:
Measurements of atomization quality, flame heights,
radiative fractions, emission temperatures, and
transmittance for Alberta sweet crude oil/methane flames
established on a novel burner for simulating
well-blowout fires are reported. The results show the
effects of two-phase flow on flame heights. The
measurements of radiative fractions and the optical
properties suggest relatively low soot loading. The
measured high temperatures suggest almost complete
combustion of crude-oil. However, larger-scale tests as
well as information concerning the physical processes in
the present atomizer and burner are essential for the
application to practical fires and combustion devices.
Building and Fire Research Laboratory
National Institute of Standards and Technology
Gaithersburg, MD 20899