To study the effect of variable heat transfer coefficient of fireworks and
crackers on thermal explosion critical ambient temperature and time to
ignition, considering the heat transfer coefficient as the power function of
temperature, mathematical thermal explosion steady state and unsteady-state
model of finite cylindrical fireworks and crackers with complex shell
structures are established based on two-dimensional steady state thermal
explosion theory. The influence of variable heat transfer coefficient on
thermal explosion critical ambient temperature and time to ignition are
analyzed. When heat transfer coefficient is changing with temperature and in
the condition of natural convection heat transfer, critical ambient
temperature lessen, thermal explosion time to ignition shorten. If ambient
temperature is close to critical ambient temperature, the influence of
variable heat transfer coefficient on time to ignition become large. For
firework with inner barrel in example analysis, the critical ambient
temperature of propellant is 463.88 K and the time to ignition is 4054.9s at
466 K, 0.26 K and 450.8s less than without considering the change of heat
transfer coefficient respectively. The calculation results show that the
influence of variable heat transfer coefficient on thermal explosion time to
ignition is greater in this example. Therefore, the effect of variable heat
transfer coefficient should be considered into thermal safety evaluation of
fireworks to reduce potential safety hazard.
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