Pool fire dynamics: Principles, models and recent advances

Y Chen, J Fang, X Zhang, Y Miao, Y Lin, R Tu… - Progress in Energy and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Pool fire is generally described as a diffusion combustion process that occurs above a
horizontal fuel surface (composed of gaseous or volatile condensed fuel) with low (∼ zero) …

Fire hazard calculations for large, open hydrocarbon fires

CL Beyler - SFPE handbook of fire protection engineering, 2016 - Springer
A major challenge in industrial fire protection is controlling the impact from large, open
hydrocarbon fires. The primary mechanism for injury of damage from such fires is thermal …

Pool fires–An empirical correlation

BD Ditch, JL de Ris, TK Blanchat, M Chaos… - Combustion and …, 2013 - Elsevier
This study presents the experimental procedure and results of highly controlled pool fire
tests, in a quiescent environment, designed to accurately measure the fuel burning rate and …

The importance of accurately modelling soot and radiation coupling in laminar and laboratory-scale turbulent diffusion flames

F Liu, JL Consalvi, F Nmira - Combustion and Flame, 2023 - Elsevier
Ultrafine and highly light absorbing soot particles have been known to be harmful to human
health and a major climate forcer. Understanding the mechanisms of soot formation and …

Advances in modelling in CFD simulations of turbulent gaseous pool fires

G Maragkos, T Beji, B Merci - Combustion and Flame, 2017 - Elsevier
Large eddy simulations (LES) using advanced modelling approaches related to
thermophysical, turbulence and combustion modelling are presented and their advantages …

Experimental research on combustion dynamics of medium-scale fire whirl

J Lei, N Liu, L Zhang, H Chen, L Shu, P Chen… - Proceedings of the …, 2011 - Elsevier
The medium-scale fire whirl was extensively investigated by experimental means, in order to
establish correlations of the burning rate, flame height and flame temperature of fire whirl …

Energy balance in medium-scale methanol, ethanol, and acetone pool fires

SC Kim, KY Lee, A Hamins - Fire safety journal, 2019 - Elsevier
Several series of measurements were made to characterize medium-scale pool fires steadily
burning in a well-ventilated, quiescent, open environment. Time-averaged local …

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

L Ma, F Nmira, JL Consalvi - Combustion and Flame, 2020 - Elsevier
Abstract 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 …

Thermal radiation modelling of pool fire with consideration on the nonuniform temperature in flame volume

K Zhou, X Wang - International Journal of Thermal Sciences, 2019 - Elsevier
The accidental leakages of combustible fuel during storage and transportation cause the
pool fires which impose hazardous heat on the nearby occupants and facilities mainly by …

Soot modeling of oxygen-depleted and highly sooty turbulent buoyant flames using the In Situ Adaptive Tabulation (ISAT) method

S Motaghian, T Beji - Combustion and Flame, 2024 - Elsevier
In this paper, a newly developed LSP-based soot (LSPTwoEq) modeling is systematically
assessed in the Large Eddy Simulation (LES) of various turbulent buoyant flames against a …