Fire Size of Gasoline Pool Fires

Rendering of Pool Fire Data

Jet Fires: a “Minor” Fire Hazard?

Jet fires have received only a rather reduced attention as compared to other types of fires; this is probably due to the fact that they are usually much smaller that fireballs, pool fires or tank fires. However, jet fires often occur in areas where there is other equipment and the probability of flames impinging on a pipe or a vessel can be high. Furthermore, due to the turbulence of the phenom...

Experimental Study and CFD Simulation of Pool Fires

Liquid fuels(hydrocarbon and peroxide)are flammableand there is a risk of pool fires during their storage and transportation. In order to measure and develop effective methods for protection and considering safety distances, experimental studies and CFD simulations of pool fire of two hydrocarbon fuels (i.e. gasoline and kerosene) and peroxide (TBPB (tert-butyl peroxybenzoate)) were performed. ...

Large Scale Pool Fires : Results of Recent Experiments

Results of recent researches of large pool fires are reviewed. Researches on combustion characteristics of large petroleum fires have been conducted by many research groups. To do large fire experiments costs very much and huge open space is taken, but it is important to conduct large scale experiments for obtaining information of large real tank fires. Therefore, in order to promote large pool...

The Size of Flames from Natural Fires

Uncontrolled fires produce flames where the initial momentum of the fuel is low compared with the momentum produced by buoyancy. The heights of such flames with wood as the fuel are examined and discussed in terms of both a dimensional analysis and the entrainment of air into the turbulent flame. They are then compared with other experiments on the flow of hot gases. Some recent experiments on ...