TY - JOUR
T1 - Effects of fuel properties on the combustion behavior of different types of porous beds soaked with combustible liquid
AU - Chao, Christopher Y.H.
AU - Wang, J. H.
AU - Kong, Wenjun
N1 - Funding Information:
This research was funded by the Hong Kong Research Grant Council under Grant No. HKUST6040/99E.
PY - 2004/11
Y1 - 2004/11
N2 - Experimental studies were conducted to investigate the behaviors of non-spread diffusion flames of liquid fuel-soaked porous beds. The effects of the properties of the porous bed and the fuel on combustion behaviors, including flame temperature profiles, combustion duration time, fuel consumption and the amount of fuel residue in the porous beds, were studied in the experiments. Additionally, a heat transfer model was used to predict the amount of fuel consumption in the porous beds. Consistency between the predicted and experimental results confirmed that heat conduction is the controlling mechanism in the combustion behavior of liquid fuel-soaked porous beds.
AB - Experimental studies were conducted to investigate the behaviors of non-spread diffusion flames of liquid fuel-soaked porous beds. The effects of the properties of the porous bed and the fuel on combustion behaviors, including flame temperature profiles, combustion duration time, fuel consumption and the amount of fuel residue in the porous beds, were studied in the experiments. Additionally, a heat transfer model was used to predict the amount of fuel consumption in the porous beds. Consistency between the predicted and experimental results confirmed that heat conduction is the controlling mechanism in the combustion behavior of liquid fuel-soaked porous beds.
KW - Combustion behavior
KW - Fuel-soaked porous bed
KW - No-spread diffusion flame
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U2 - 10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2004.07.004
DO - 10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2004.07.004
M3 - Journal article
AN - SCOPUS:4544249775
SN - 0017-9310
VL - 47
SP - 5201
EP - 5210
JO - International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer
JF - International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer
IS - 24
ER -