J. H. Liu, M. Y. Chen, X. Lin, R. Yuen and J. Wang (2016) Impacts of ceiling height on the combustion behaviors of pool fires beneath a ceiling. Journal/Journal Of Thermal Analysis And Calorimetry 126 881-889. [In English]
Web link: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10973-016-5559-7
Keywords: Flame impingement; Ceiling height; Maximum burning intensity; Combustion; efficiency; HEAT-TRANSFER; OXYGEN-CONSUMPTION; BURNING RATE; FLAME; RELEASE; CALORIMETER; IMPINGEMENT; JET

Abstract: To examine the effect of varying ceiling height on the combustion behaviors of pool fires whose flame impinged the ceiling, a series of n-heptane pool fires was performed beneath a ceiling in the range of H (ef)/D = 0.43-2.5 using a scaled-down calorimeter. Typical parameters including the burning intensity, combustion yields and combustion efficiency were quantitatively analyzed. It was found that with the decreasing ceiling height, the burning intensity initially increased to a peak at H (ef)/D = 1.38 and then decreased, exhibiting a parabolic variation tendency. The maximum concentration increments of CO and CO2 showed the parallel results to the burning intensity, while the total amount of CO yield monotonously increased with the declining ceiling height, implying increasing toxicity. Besides, the carbon conversion ratio produced the similar result as the combustion efficiency, and both of them showed the parabolic variation law.