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Analysis of flame spread over aviation kerosene

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Flame spread behaviors and temperature rise of fuel surface were experimentally investigated. A series of tests on aviation kerosene pool fires were conducted by using the schlieren image system, micro-thermocouple and infrared thermal imager. The velocity evolutions of flame spread and surface flow under different initial fuel temperatures were discussed. The characteristics of fuel surface temperature rise were revealed, and it was found that the preheating effect of surface flow on fuel decreased with increasing initial fuel temperature.

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  1. State Key Laboratory of Fire Science, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, 230026, China

    JieBo Zhou, GuoQing Chen, Bing Chen, ChangJiang Wang & ShouXiang Lu

  2. Navy Armament Departments, Beijing, 100071, China

    PeiMing Li

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Zhou, J., Chen, G., Li, P. et al. Analysis of flame spread over aviation kerosene. Chin. Sci. Bull. 55, 1822–1827 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11434-010-3014-x

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