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Academic Journal of Engineering and Technology Science, 2021, 4(3); doi: 10.25236/AJETS.2021.040302.

The effect of the four fire walls to the center pool

Author(s)

Jialong Qi, Gonghui Zhang

Corresponding Author:
Jialong Qi
Affiliation(s)

College of Ocean Science and Engineering, Shanghai Maritime University, Shanghai 201306, China

Abstract

According to the characteristics of burning rate of multiple oil pool fire, designing a four fire walls burning model. Influence of the central oil pan height, the fuel volume (oil film thickness) and the distance h between adjacent fire walls on fuel burning rate of central oil pool was studied. The results indicated that: Compared with single oil pool fire, the burning rate of central oil pan is enhanced by the four fire walls and the fire whirls also appears; define three regimes of flame reaction according to the flame shape, including initial state, incline state and merging state; when the gap width between 13cm-16cm, the center pool fire needs the lowest burning time and up to the highest average burning rate.

Keywords

four fire walls, fire rotation, flame merging, burning rate

Cite This Paper

Jialong Qi, Gonghui Zhang. The effect of the four fire walls to the center pool. Academic Journal of Engineering and Technology Science (2021) Vol. 4, Issue 3: 6-15. https://doi.org/10.25236/AJETS.2021.040302.

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