Thermal measurements to characterize large fires
- Sandia National Labs., Albuquerque, NM (United States)
- KTech, Inc., Albuquerque, NM (United States)
Full-scale fire characterization tests are becoming less frequent due to cost restrictions and environmental concerns. This trend, combined with significant advances in fire field modeling, has resulted in an increased effort to perform well-designed experiments which support the development and validation of numerical tools. In pursuit of improved fire characterization, large-fire measurement techniques in large-scale (D > 2m) fires are reviewed in this work. Primary attention is focused on the measurement of temperature and heat flux. Additional measurements of quantities such as soot volume fraction, soot emission temperature, and gas species are also addressed. Issues relating to the use of existing techniques, and methods for improving and interpreting the results from existing measurement techniques are presented. Alternate techniques for fire characterization and needs for development of advanced measurement technology are also briefly discussed.
- Research Organization:
- Sandia National Labs., Albuquerque, NM (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC04-94AL85000
- OSTI ID:
- 48684
- Report Number(s):
- SAND--95-0662C; CONF-9505201--1; ON: DE95009860
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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