Fire Size of Gasoline Pool Fires

Iveta Marková, Jozef Lauko, Linda Makovická Osvaldová, Vladimír Mózer, Jozef Svetlík, Mikuláš Monoši and Michal Orinčák
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Iveta Marková: Department of Fire Engineering, Faculty of Security Engineering, University of Žilina, Univerzitná 1, 010 26 Žilina, Slovakia
Jozef Lauko: Slovnaft a.s., 824 12 Bratislava, Slovakia
Linda Makovická Osvaldová: Department of Fire Engineering, Faculty of Security Engineering, University of Žilina, Univerzitná 1, 010 26 Žilina, Slovakia
Vladimír Mózer: Department of Fire Engineering, Faculty of Security Engineering, University of Žilina, Univerzitná 1, 010 26 Žilina, Slovakia
Jozef Svetlík: Department of Fire Engineering, Faculty of Security Engineering, University of Žilina, Univerzitná 1, 010 26 Žilina, Slovakia
Mikuláš Monoši: Department of Fire Engineering, Faculty of Security Engineering, University of Žilina, Univerzitná 1, 010 26 Žilina, Slovakia
Michal Orinčák: Department of Fire Engineering, Faculty of Security Engineering, University of Žilina, Univerzitná 1, 010 26 Žilina, Slovakia

IJERPH, 2020, vol. 17, issue 2, 1-14

Abstract: This article presents an experimental investigation of the flame characteristics of the gasoline pool fire. A series of experiments with different pool sizes and mixture contents were conducted to study the combustion behavior of pool fires in atmospheric conditions. The initial pool area of 0.25 m 2 , 0.66 m 2 , and 2.8 m 2 , the initial volume of fuel and time of burning process, and the initial gasoline thickness of 20 mm were determined in each experiment. The fire models are defined by the European standard EN 3 and were used to model fire of the class MB (model liquid fire for the fire area 0.25 m 2 ), of the class 21B (model liquid fire for the fire area 0.66 m 2 ), and 89B (model liquid fire for the fire area 2.8 m 2 ). The fire models were used to class 21B and 89B for fuel by Standard EN 3. The flame geometrical characteristics were recorded by a CCD (charge-coupled device) digital camera. The results show turbulent flame with constant loss burning rate per area, different flame height, and different heat release rate. Regression rate increases linearly with increasing pans diameter. The results show a linear dependence of the HRR (heat release rate) depending on the fire area (average 2.6 times).

Keywords: gasoline; pool fires; mass burning rate; heat release rate (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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