The risk of accidental spills and possible fires is high in the storage and handling of large quantities of flammable liquids. Such liquid pool fires are generally buoyancy-driven and emit a large fraction of their heat release in the form of radiation. Ignition and combustion characteristics of liquid pools depend on the design parameters such as diameter, spacing, and shape of the pools. This laboratory scale study was conducted to determine the effects of these parameters on the characteristics of multiple liquid pool fires. The measurements reported include pool surface regression rate, flame height, temperature, and concentrations of carbon dioxide, soot, and oxygen.
Issue Section:
Research Papers
Topics:
Liquid pool fires,
Buoyancy,
Carbon dioxide,
Combustion,
Design,
Fire,
Flames,
Flammable liquids,
Heat,
Ignition,
Oxygen,
Radiation (Physics),
Risk,
Shapes,
Soot,
Storage,
Temperature
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