Experimental study on Jet-A pool fire at high altitude

Zhihui Zhou; Wei Yao; Haihang Li; Chao-Hsin Lin; Joe Yin; Ted Wu; Oliver C. Meier; Jian Wang

doi:10.3801/IAFSS.FSS.11-510

Experimental study on Jet-A pool fire at high altitude

Zhihui Zhou, Wei Yao, Haihang Li, Chao-Hsin Lin, Joe Yin, Ted Wu, Oliver C. Meier, Jian Wang

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Abstract

For the further assessment on cargo fire hazard, full-scale Jet-A pool fire tests under the specifications of FAA Minimum performance standard (MPS) were conducted in sea-level Hefei and high- Altitude Lhasa. A square insulation board (1.2m×1.2m) was place upon the fuel pan to simulate the effect of ceiling on fire plume. The experimental results indicates that the mass burning rate is proportional to the 2/3 power of the ambient pressure, in accordance with the theoretical prediction for convection-dominant fires. The analysis shows that the flame height increases slightly at high altitude. At higher altitude, the centerline temperature decreases in the flame region but increases in the intermittent region. The addition of ceiling increases the mass burning rate and the centerline temperature, although the effect on centerline temperature is observed to be weaker in Lhasa. © Copyright 2014 International association for fire safety science.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	510-516
Journal	Fire Safety Science
Volume	11
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.3801/IAFSS.FSS.11-510
Publication status	Published - 2014
Event	11th International Symposium on Fire Safety Science, FSS 2014 - Canterbury, New Zealand Duration: 10 Feb 2014 → 14 Feb 2014 http://www.iafss.org/publications/fss/11/info

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This research was supported by the Boeing (China) Co., Ltd. The authors deeply appreciate the support.

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Flame temperature
High altitude
Jet-A
Mass burning rate
Pool fire

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