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Study on the subsurface flow induced by flame spread over aviation kerosene

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Experiments were conducted to investigate the characteristics of the subsurface flow induced by flame spread over aviation kerosene using schlieren photography, particle image velocimetry, infrared camera, and thermocouples. Experimental results show that the structure of the subsurface flow for flame spread over aviation kerosene is different from that for alcohols. For pulsating flame spread regime, there is always a fully-developed vortex with a thermal penetration depth of about 8–10 mm preceding the flame front, and a new one appears periodically under the flame front when the flame starts to spread at crawling velocity. The initial pool temperature has a great effect on the length of the subsurface flow but has no obvious effect on the penetration depth of the fully-developed vortex. Great temperature gradient was detected both along and normal to oil surface ahead of the flame. The rate of the subsurface flow increases with an increase of the initial pool temperature. The theoretic calculations based on the surface tension effect overestimate the experimental values for high initial pool temperature, and the reasons for the difference were analyzed.

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This study was supported by the State Key Program of National Natural Science of China (no. 51036007) and the Open Fund of the State Key Laboratory of Fire Science of China (Grant no. HZ2012-KF06).

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  1. School of Chemical Engineering, Anhui University of Science and Technology, 168 Shungeng Road, Huainan, 232001, Anhui, People’s Republic of China

    Jin Guo

  2. State Key Laboratory of Fire Science, University of Science and Technology of China, 96 Jinzhai Road, Hefei, 230026, Anhui, People’s Republic of China

    Jin Guo, Shouxiang Lu & Changjian Wang

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Guo, J., Lu, S. & Wang, C. Study on the subsurface flow induced by flame spread over aviation kerosene. J Therm Anal Calorim 116, 455–460 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10973-013-3547-8

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