Large-Scale Open Pool Experimental Data and Analysis for Fire Model Validation and Development

Blanchat, Thomas K.; Figueroa, Victor G.

doi:10.3801/iafss.fss.9-105

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“…Lei et al 26 obtained a burning rate of 0.077 kg/m 2 s at a large‐scale open space by using RP‐5 aviation kerosene in plain area experiments. Lam et al 28 measured burning rates of 0.055 kg/m 2 s，0.07 kg/m 2 s, 0.057 kg/m 2 and, 0.05 kg/m 2 s. Blanchat et al 24 used JP‐8 fuel in a 7.92 m oil pool experiment, measuring burning rates of 0.071, 0.062 and 0.068 kg/m 2 s. Gottuk et al 29 used JP‐8 fuel in a 0.68 and 0.9 m oil pool experiment and recorded burning rates of 0.027 kg/m 2 and, 0.036 kg/m 2 s. J. Suo‐Antilla et al 30 measured 0.062 kg/m 2 s using JP‐8 fuel in an 18.9 m pool fire experiment. Ciro et al 31 obtained a measurement of 0.0275 kg/m 2 s using JP‐8 fuel in a 0.68 m pool.…”

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“…The study of the combustion characteristics of various types of oil at low pressure is an important topic for this research. Applying the results of small‐scale experiments to real fire analysis directly remains impossible 22–25 . There are many complex issues with large‐scale oil pool fires 7 .…”

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“…Applying the results of smallscale experiments to real fire analysis directly remains impossible. [22][23][24][25] There are many complex issues with large-scale oil pool fires. 7 They are predominantly turbulent, implying the presence of a dynamic vortex structure.…”

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Experimental investigation on RP‐3 aviation kerosene large‐scale pool fires at high altitude

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RP‐3 aviation kerosene is a standard fuel that is used in civil aircraft and is a substitute for Jet‐A fuel. This paper investigates the combustion behaviour of RP‐3 aviation kerosene in an open space in the low‐pressure environment of a plateau. A series of large‐scale pools with diameters ranging from 0.4 m to 2.82 m combustion experiments are performed. Typical combustion characteristic parameters, including combustion rate, flame height and axial plume temperature distribution is measured. Results show that a low‐pressure environment significantly affects pool fires. With combustion rate, there is a linear variation law between oil pool size and combustion rate. The experimental data are fitted as a means of obtaining the large‐scale combustion rate relationship equation at low pressure. Experimental flame height data is compared using classical prediction models. Prediction model coefficients at low pressure are determined. The axial plume temperature distribution is greater than in the literature findings due to flames becoming longer in a low‐pressure environment. The three regimes in McCaffery's model are redefined and correlate well with the vertical temperature profile of the pool centreline. The results of the experimental investigation will help research fire hazards in low‐pressure environments while also contributing to the provision of basic data for the development of firefighting operation strategies.

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“…Some data can be found in Ref. [17] on pool fires. Also in 1990, four large-scale pool fire tests were performed in Borås, Sweden, where the main focus was on testing different portable foam extinguishing systems [18].…”

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Fire Spread between Industrial Premises

Ingason¹,

Lönnermark²

2011

Fire Safety Science - Proceedings of the 10th International Sym

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The study focuses on investigating models for calculating the risks of fire spread from an industrial building to adjacent buildings. The basic parameters necessary to determine the risk of fire spread are the flame height and the incident heat flux. There is limited information found about flame heights from industrial buildings where the fire breaks through the ceiling. Calculation methods for flame heights and incident heat fluxes are discussed and compared to model-scale data and large-scale data. A series of model-scale tests with flames through openings in a building where flashover has occurred are presented and compared to flame height correlations. This paper provides new data and a better understanding of the necessary input for such calculations. The model-scale tests show a good correspondence between a simple method to calculate heat flux from a point source and experimental data.KEYWORDS: industrial fires, flame height, radiation, fire spread, model-scale tests. NOMENCLATURE LISTING

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“…Well-documented experiments relative to laboratory-scale fire plumes were reported over the time and have served for model validations [4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19]. A significant amount of LES of these fire plumes was performed in the last decade and encouraging results were reported about the capability of the numerical models to reproduce their dynamics [20][21][22][23][24][25][26][27][28][29][30][31][32].…”

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Large Eddy Simulation of medium-scale methanol pool fires - effects of pool boundary conditions

Nmira

Consalvi

2020

Combustion and Flame

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This article reports Large Eddy Simulation (LES) of 30 cm diameter methanol pool fires in order to investigate the effects of the burner boundary conditions on the pool dynamics. The numerical model involves state-of-the-art subgrid scale (SGS) sub-models for mixing, combustion and turbulence-radiation interaction with all the model constants computed dynamically. The nonadiabatic steady laminar flamelet (SLF)/presumed filtered density function (FDF) combustion model is used whereas the radiation model combines the Rank Correlated Full Spectrum k-distribution (RCFSK) for spectral radiation with the finite volume method (FVM) as radiative transfer equation (RTE) solver. The baseline case considers a burner located one-pool diameter above the floor and a fuel lip height of 1 cm as specified in the experiments used for model validation. Model predictions for puffing frequency, mean and rms temperature and velocity, mean molar fractions of major species, radiative loss to the surrounding and radiative and total heat feedback to

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Large-Scale Open Pool Experimental Data and Analysis for Fire Model Validation and Development

Cited by 12 publications

References 9 publications

Experimental investigation on RP‐3 aviation kerosene large‐scale pool fires at high altitude

Experimental investigation on RP‐3 aviation kerosene large‐scale pool fires at high altitude

Fire Spread between Industrial Premises

Large Eddy Simulation of medium-scale methanol pool fires - effects of pool boundary conditions

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