Flow Field around a Fire Whirl over Line Fire

Internal fire whirls induced by a pool fire in a square vertical shaft were studied by experiments and numerical simulations. The burning behaviour of two pool fires in the vertical shaft and in open air was compared. The gap width of the rig is a key factor in onsetting fire whirls. Air flow field in the vertical square shaft of different gap widths were studied experimentally with nine tests. A fire whirl would not be onsetted when the gap is too narrow nor too wide. Whirling flame is not clearly observed near to the bottom of the vertical shaft when the gap width was small.

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Measurement of the Flow Field of Fire Whirl

Fire Technology ◽

10.1007/s10694-015-0511-0 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 52 (1) ◽

pp. 263-272 ◽

Cited By ~ 17

Author(s):

Pengfei Wang ◽

Naian Liu ◽

Katherine Hartl ◽

Alexander Smits

Keyword(s):

Flow Field ◽

Fire Whirl

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Detailed measurements of the flow field in vaneless and vaned diffusers of centrifugal compressors

Journal de Physique III ◽

10.1051/jp3:1992213 ◽

1992 ◽

Vol 2 (9) ◽

pp. 1787-1804 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Christian Fradin

Keyword(s):

Flow Field ◽

Centrifugal Compressors

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Numerical Study of the Combined Free-Forced Convection and Mass Transfer Flow Past a Vertical Porous Plate in a Porous Medium with Heat Generation and Thermal Diffusion

Nonlinear Analysis Modelling and Control ◽

10.15388/na.2006.11.4.14737 ◽

2006 ◽

Vol 11 (4) ◽

pp. 331-343 ◽

Cited By ~ 19

Author(s):

M. S. Alam ◽

M. M. Rahman ◽

M. A. Samad

Keyword(s):

Mass Transfer ◽

Flow Field ◽

Differential Equations ◽

Forced Convection ◽

Heat Generation ◽

Numerical Study ◽

Porous Plate ◽

Integration Scheme ◽

Suction Parameter ◽

Transfer Flow

The problem of combined free-forced convection and mass transfer flow over a vertical porous flat plate, in presence of heat generation and thermaldiffusion, is studied numerically. The non-linear partial differential equations and their boundary conditions, describing the problem under consideration, are transformed into a system of ordinary differential equations by using usual similarity transformations. This system is solved numerically by applying Nachtsheim-Swigert shooting iteration technique together with Runge-Kutta sixth order integration scheme. The effects of suction parameter, heat generation parameter and Soret number are examined on the flow field of a hydrogen-air mixture as a non-chemical reacting fluid pair. The analysis of the obtained results showed that the flow field is significantly influenced by these parameters.

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