Correlations for Fire Plumes. Final Report.
Correlations for Fire Plumes. Final Report.
(10033 K)
Quintiere, J. G.; Grove, B. S.
NIST GCR 98-744; 207 p. February 1998.
Sponsor:
National Institute of Standards and Technology,
Gaithersburg, MD
Available from:
National Technical Information Service
Order number: PB98-144652
Keywords:
fire plumes; entrainment; flame height; flame radiation
Abstract:
This study began as a review of data and correlations
for line plumes. In its attempt to develop a consistent
set of correlations for that data set, it developed an
analysis to account for the base geometry of the fuel
source. An integral model was used for the plume to
address the flame zone (near field) and the
noncombusting plume (far field). Although point source
models were used, the diameter or rectangular source
dimensions were included in improved solutions for flame
height and entrainment rate.
Building and Fire Research Laboratory
National Institute of Standards and Technology
Gaithersburg, MD 20899