Experimental study on burning behavior of crude karanja oil pool fire
Title
Experimental study on burning behavior of crude karanja oil pool fire
Subject
Crude oil
Heat transfer
Combustion
Heat flux
Heavy oil production
Fires
Lakes
Description
This paper studies experimentally the burning behavior of crude karanja oil pool fires in free burning. Experiments were conducted in pool size from 0.2 to 0.5 m. Various parameters such as mass loss rate, flame height, centerline temperature, and heat flux are measured and analyzed. Experimental data are fitted and correlations are presented for mass loss rate and flame centerline temperature. From the present correlation, m' and k were found to be 0.0354 and 1.87 which were in well agreement with the results available in literature for heavy oil pool fire. Also, experimental mass loss rates were from 40% to 170% lesser than the compartment jatropha crude oil pool fires. Experimental flame height agrees well with the existing correlations for a small diameter pool fire of 0.2 and 0.3 m but at a larger pool size deviations are reported. Radiative fractions calculated from the solid flame method are in the range from 0.19 to 0.30 which matches well with the general assumption of pool fire that heat transfer from flame is 30% by radiation and 70% by convection. The present results are helpful in analysis of thermal hazard associated with pool fire of crude oils. 2021 by Begell House, Inc. www.begellhouse.com
25-45
14
52
Publisher
Heat Transfer Research
Date
2021
Contributor
Chaudhary, Avinash
Tiwari, Mahesh Kumar
Gupta, Akhilesh
Kumar, Surendra
Type
journalArticle
Identifier
10642285
10.1615/HEATTRANSRES.2021038692
Collection
Citation
“Experimental study on burning behavior of crude karanja oil pool fire,” Lamar University Midstream Center Research, accessed May 18, 2024, https://lumc.omeka.net/items/show/25065.