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Radiative Transfer in Combustion Systems: Fundamentals and Applications

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1-56700-211-0

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Destined to clarify the research, development, and design requirements in modern and computational terms needed for sustainable technological advances. Written for the combustion scientist/engineer to understand radiative effects on the pollution of the environment. Interrelates the process of thermodynamics, chemical kinetics, fluid mechanics, heat and mass transfer and turbulence. Includes computational design tools. Lays the foundation for modeling and prediction of chemically reacting combustion systems; collects data for operation of combustion devices. Analyzes the construction, use, and numerical results of combustion systems simulation.



460 pages, ©2005

RADIATIVE TRANSFER IN COMBUSTION SYSTEMS: FUNDAMENTALS AND APPLICATIONS / Chapter 14: Unwanted Fires

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Chapter 14: Unwanted Fires

14.1 Introduction

14.2 Scaling of Simple Fires

14.2.1 Scaling of pool fire

14.2.2 Scaling of vertical wall fire

14.3 Laminar Pool Fires

14.4 Radiation from Turbulent Pool Fires

14.4.1 Flame structure of pool fires

14.4.2 Radiation feedback in pool fires

14.4.3 Global modeling of irradiation from pool flames

14.5 Numerical Simulation of Pool Fires

14.6 Compartment (Enclosure) Fires

14.6.1 Phenomenological description

14.6.2 Radiative transfer modeling

14.6.3 Selected applications

14.7 Fire Suppression by Water Sprays

14.7.1 Radiation characteristics of water sprays

14.7.2 Evaporation of a water droplet

14.7.3 Applications to compartment fire suppression

14.8 Fire Spread through Fuel Beds

14.8.1 Phenomenological description

14.8.2 Radiative transfer in wildland fires

14.8.3 Fire-spread modeling

14.9 Concluding Summary Remarks

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