Dynamics of Water Droplets in a Counterflow Field and Its Effect on Flame Extinction.
Dynamics of Water Droplets in a Counterflow Field and
Its Effect on Flame Extinction.
(1971 K)
Lentati, A. M.; Chelliah, H. K.
NISTIR 5904; October 1996.
National Institute of Standards and Technology. Annual
Conference on Fire Research: Book of Abstracts. NISTIR
5904. October 28-31, 1996, Gaithersburg, MD, 3-4 pp,
1996 AND Chemical and Physical Processes in Combustion.
Fall Technical Meeting, 1996. Proceedings. Eastern
States Section/Combustion Institute. December 9-11,
1996, Hilton Head, SC, 281-284 pp, 1996, 1998.
Combustion and Flame, Vol. 115, No. 1/2, 158-179,
October 1998.
Sponsor:
National Institute of Standards and Technology,
Gaithersburg, MD
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Keywords:
fire research; fire science; water; droplets; flame
extinguishment
Abstract:
Efficient suppression of flames by condensed-phase
agents (e.g., dry powder, water, etc.) requires a basic
understanding of the rate-controlling physical, thermal
and chemical processes. A steady, laminar, non-premixed
flame, established within the mixing layer of a
counterflow of methane and air, is used here to
numerically determine the rate controlling processes
associated with flame extinction by fine water droplets.
Although experiments are planned to validate the model,
only the numerical results with water droplets
introduced with the air stream are reported here.
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