Experimental Investigation of Liquid and Gas Fueled Flames Towards the Development of a Burning Rate Emulator (BRE) for Microgravity Applications

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dc.contributor.advisorSunderland, Peter Ben_US
dc.contributor.advisorQuintiere, James Gen_US
dc.contributor.authorBustamante, Michaelen_US
dc.contributor.departmentFire Protection Engineeringen_US
dc.contributor.publisherDigital Repository at the University of Marylanden_US
dc.contributor.publisherUniversity of Maryland (College Park, Md.)en_US
dc.date.accessioned2012-10-10T11:41:03Z
dc.date.available2012-10-10T11:41:03Z
dc.date.issued2012en_US
dc.description.abstractLaminar steady burning on flat plates was studied at various orientations with respect to gravity. Flat wicks were saturated with methanol or ethanol. Steady flames were obtained, and ranged from boundary layer flames to plume-type burning. Maximum burning rate per unit area was recorded at an upward inclination of 30ยบ. Mass flux decreased with increasing wick length for all orientations. Dimensionless correlations, using a Rayleigh number and the orientation angle, collapsed most of the data, but not for the horizontal and vertical cases. The measured heat flux correlated with expected averages based on burning rate data; theoretical results were similar but radiation likely affected the wicks results. Gas burner flame stand-off distances when emulating methanol flames were in reasonable agreement, showing similarities in laminar, onset of turbulent flow, and boundary layer separation. 0g ethanol wick flames from drop tower testing and airplane testing are shown.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1903/13109
dc.subject.pqcontrolledEngineeringen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledburning rateen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledethanolen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledfireen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledflame stand-offen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledmethanolen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledwicken_US
dc.titleExperimental Investigation of Liquid and Gas Fueled Flames Towards the Development of a Burning Rate Emulator (BRE) for Microgravity Applicationsen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US

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