USING A BURNING RATE EMULATOR (BRE) TO EMULATE CONDENSED FUELS AND STUDY POOL FIRE BEHAVIOR IN 1G

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dc.contributor.advisorSunderland, Peter Ben_US
dc.contributor.advisorQuintiere, James Gen_US
dc.contributor.authorAuth, Ericen_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.accessioned2019-10-01T05:40:05Z
dc.date.available2019-10-01T05:40:05Z
dc.date.issued2019en_US
dc.description.abstractThe Burning Rate Emulator (BRE) is a device constructed to emulate condensed fuels using gaseous fuel mixtures by matching heat of combustion, heat of gasification, smoke point, and surface temperature. The burner’s heat flux gauges are calibrated for local heat flux measurements and the copper top-plate calorimeter is calibrated for measuring net heat flux to the surface, which allows for determination of an effective heat of gasification to compare to condensed fuels. Seven condensed fuels with known properties are burned and emulated using methane, ethylene, and propylene gas diluted with nitrogen. Propane gas is used to study the general pool fire characteristics displayed by gaseous flames on the BRE. Flame anchoring, flammability regions, flame height, and convective heat transfer are analyzed. Based on a radial heat flux distribution, the readings from the heat flux sensors agree with the calorimeter when applied to a flame. Example flame images are shown.en_US
dc.identifierhttps://doi.org/10.13016/3gfb-yhqp
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1903/25142
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.subject.pqcontrolledEngineeringen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledBurningen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledCalorimeteren_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledCombustionen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledEmulationen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledFlammabilityen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledFuelen_US
dc.titleUSING A BURNING RATE EMULATOR (BRE) TO EMULATE CONDENSED FUELS AND STUDY POOL FIRE BEHAVIOR IN 1Gen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US

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