不同宽度和角度下木材表面火蔓延特性的实验研究

选取宽2～11 cm、厚3 mm的樟木、杉木和白木试样进行了一系列实验,测量了火蔓延速度、火焰高度、火焰温度和试样表面温度。结果表明,火焰高度随试样宽度增加而增大,并在宽度增加至某个值后不再增大;同宽度下,密度大的试样火焰高度大。放置角度为负时,不同密度试样的火蔓延速度差较小,角度为正时,火蔓延速度随角度增加而增大,且不同密度试样的火蔓延速度差变大.     

宽度与角度耦合作用下固体表面火蔓延加速特性

研究了杉木和樟木两种典型的可碳化固体表面在不同试样宽度和不同放置角度的火蔓延加速特性.试样宽度范围为2～12 cm,每间隔2 cm为一组工况;放置角度为-20°～30°,正角度每间隔10°为一组工况,负角度每间隔5°为一组工况。通过分析试样表面火焰蔓延速度、火焰特征参数(火焰形态、火焰面积、火焰温度)及试样质量损失速率等的变化规律,观察火蔓延特性。研究发现,火蔓延速度、质量损失速率及火焰面积均随着试样宽度和放置角度的增大而增大;试样宽度对火蔓延发生加速行为的临界角度有影响,并揭示了试样宽度对火蔓延加速行为的影响机制;得到了火蔓延过程在试样宽度和放置角度耦合作用下的稳态蔓延和加速蔓延之间的临界条件。     

预混火焰在封闭狭缝内传播动力学研究

本文构建了一个封闭圆盘狭缝空间的一维平面火焰动力学模型,研究了存在壁面热损失条件下可燃混合物在封闭的圆盘狭缝定容装置内火焰的传播特性。模型预测结果与实验结果定性地吻合。模型表明显示,壁面散热降低火焰传播速度的机制在于其使高温已燃气体向低温未燃气体方向的膨胀能力减小,导致火焰前锋的当地流场速度降低,而且同时降低了火焰温度和燃烧反应速率。因此增大初始压力或掺氢气等低活化能的反应物能够有效降低壁面散热的不利影响。该计算模型能够丰富微小尺度封闭空间内火焰传播相关理论,并提供在微小封闭空间内提高火焰传播速度和燃烧效率的理论依据和调控手段。     

辐射光谱法电站锅炉燃烧检测诊断研究

准确有效地监测燃煤电站锅炉炉内火焰,对锅炉和电厂的高效安全运行具有十分重要的意义。本文基于光谱法测量火焰温度和辐射率研究的基础上,研制了火检探针,在一台300 MW煤粉锅炉上开展了试验研究,测量了锅炉不同位置燃烧器煤粉火焰的辐射光谱,得到在不同负荷下的温度、辐射率,给出了测量结果,并对结果进行了深入的分析.     

森林火行为计算机模拟的尝试

森林火灾是灾害性的复杂燃烧现象,通常分为地下火、地表火和树冠火。地下火在地下可燃物诸如泥煤、有机土壤中以焖烧极缓慢地蔓延;树冠火是火焰锋在树木顶部推进,特点是火强度大,蔓延迅速,它是大火灾环境中活跃的火行为;地表火则是在森林地表植被诸如荒草、灌木上蔓延,是最常见的林火现象。     

低密度EPS不同角度及厚度情况下火蔓延特性研究

本文采用小尺寸实验的方法探究了低密度EPS火蔓延及其熄灭特性,分析了密度、厚度以及角度综合因素对EPS火蔓延及熄灭的影响。研究发现:密度为6 kg/m^3的EPS,由于密度很小,材料厚度以及放置角度受到密度影响的抑制,EPS均无法被火源点燃进而进行火蔓延;而当密度为10 kg/m^3的EPS,随着材料厚度以及放置角度的增加,试样经历了从不能点燃,到短距离不稳定火蔓延,正常蔓延,以及蔓延过程中收缩性熄灭等过程。研究发现,密度为10 kg/m^3,厚度为4 cm的EPS试样,当放置角度为0°、10°、20°和30°时,能够正常蔓延,而当角度增加至40°、50°时,EPS火蔓延过程中出现了收缩性熄灭的现象.通过分析火蔓延过程收缩性熄灭机理,发现火蔓延速度与预热区的长度之间的相互竞争机制,是导致熄灭现象产生的主要原因。实验结果表明,收缩性熄灭对火蔓延速度,池火区长度以及表面火焰区火焰形态等都产生了相应的影响。     

不同管径的Y形微燃烧器内氢气-空气非预混燃烧的火焰传播特性

实验研究了内径分别为1 mm、2 mm和3 mm,水平通道长度为200 mm的Y形微燃烧器内氢气/空气扩散燃烧的火焰传播特性。首先,d=2 mm的燃烧器内的火焰传播模式最为丰富。其次,当燃烧器管径较大时,火焰更容易因扰动而发出噪音。在d=2和3 mm的燃烧器内能观察到两个阶段的噪音,而当d=1 mm时只有一个阶段的噪音。d=2 mm的燃烧器内平均火焰传播速度最小。而且,随着管径的增大,边界火焰更长。值得注意的是,在d=1 mm的燃烧器内,实验观察到了移动的"火焰街"。最后,基于系统的实验观察绘制了八种火焰传播模式的分布图。总之,本文不仅揭示了火焰传播特性与运行参数和尺度效应之间的关系,而且能为Y形微燃烧器的设计和运行提供指导。     

水套炉内火筒传热数值模拟

本文利用数值方法模拟了新型高效水套炉火筒内天然气燃烧过程,分析了火筒内温度场的分布规律和火筒内外壁温度的变化情况,以及火筒负荷特性随燃料用量的变化规律.分析表明,新型高效水套炉设计过程中可以适当增加火筒段的热负荷强度,以减小金属耗量,但火筒热负荷强度不宜超过96kW/m2;燃烧火焰主要集中在火筒中后部,火筒壳体烟气出口周围温度相对较高,属于压力薄弱环节容易烧穿,应采取加固措施.     

地下狭长受限空间火灾实验及大涡数值模拟研究

本文建立了地下狭长受限空间火灾模拟实验台架,完成了不同燃烧物种类、不同燃烧物质量的火灾燃烧实验,建立了适用于狭长式地下受限空间火灾的大涡三维数学模型。研究重点在于测量狭长式地下受限空间火源热释放率和烟气温度分布,得到燃烧物分别为柴油、汽油的火源热释放率及烟气温度分布的实验测量数据;结合实验完成了狭长式地下受限空间火灾的大涡三维数值模拟分析。通过火灾数值模拟结果与实验结果进行比较分析,本文所建立的模型能较为真实地反映实际狭长式地下狭长受限空间火灾的情形。     

狭长封闭声场的近似圆锥束跟踪法模拟研究

狭长空间声传播特性研究对于地铁，长廊等场所的音质设计是非常有意义的，本文提出了模拟狭长封闭声场的近似圆锥束跟踪法，利用它研究了矩形和非矩形狭长声场的空间分布特性。仿真结果表明，对于狭长声场，经典扩散场理论并不适用，而利用本文的数值模拟方法能正确地分析这类声场的特性。     

An experimental study on flame geometry and radiation flux of line-source fire over inclined surface

An experimental study was performed on line-source fire over an inclined surface (ground) to simulate downhill fire spread behavior. The flame geometry and the thermal radiation to both far-field surroundings and near-field inclined surface were investigated. As a basic configuration for wildland fire over a slope, the buoyancy induced natural convection flow along the inclined surface and the constraint of air entrainment by the inclined surface change the flame geometry as well as its radiation emission. Various surface (ground) inclination angles (from 0°-80°), fire source heat release rates and fuels were considered comprehensively with a total of 126 test conditions. Results showed that the flame perpendicular height decreased, while both the flame parallel length and base drag length along the inclined surface increased, with the increased inclination angle. A dimensional analysis was then performed based on the controlling mechanisms, with the dimensionless heat release rate, the density ratio of fuel vapor to air, along with sinα and cosα involved to represent the components in the parallel and perpendicular directions. The flame geometry parameters were well represented by the proposed dimensional analysis. Both the radiation fluxes to far-field surroundings and to near-field inclined surface decreased with the increased inclination angle. The far-field radiation was found to be well characterized by a model based on the soot volume fraction analysis according to single point source model. Concerning the near-field radiation to inclined surface, an inclined cuboid radiative modeling was developed. The predicting results by the proposed model and the experimental values showed good agreement. The present study has explained the controlling physics and proposed non-dimensional functions for flame geometry and modeling the downslope radiation of the line-source fire over the inclined surface, which facilitates the understanding of the wildland fire spread behavior over a slopping ground in the downhill direction.     

地下组合受限空间火灾分区实验与数值分析

本论文对地下组合受限空间火灾初期的分区现象进行了模拟试验和数值分析。地下组合受限空间火灾呈现出特殊的分区现象。一般可分为燃烧区、新鲜空气补充区、烟气流区、过渡区和火焰后面的“惰化区”五区。有上下两层的地下复杂组合受限空间可分为燃烧区、烟气流区、新鲜空气补充区和“惰化区”4区。将数值模拟分析结果与实验结果进行了比较,二者吻合较好。研究表明,本文所采用的组合受限空间火灾三维模拟分析模型,是一种既能实现对实际结构复杂火灾现象的模拟分析又能在一定程度上满足实际工程要求的较好分析方法。     

不同重力下窄通道内薄材料表面的火焰传播

在常重力下模拟微重力燃烧对载人航天器的火灾安全具有重要意义.窄通道就是这样一种可以有效限制自然对流的模拟设施.但是,不同重力下火焰传播的相似性仍然是有待研究的问题.本文用实验和数值模拟的方法,比较了不同重力下有限空间内热薄材料表面的逆风传播火焰.不同重力下火焰形状和火焰传播速度的比较表明,1cm高的水平窄通道可以有效地限制自然对流,在常重力下用这种通道能够模拟微重力下相同几何尺寸的通道中的火焰传播.因此,在地面上首先利用水平窄通道,模拟相同环境中的微重力火焰传播,然后考虑通道尺寸变化对火焰传播的影响,有可能成为地面模拟其他尺寸的空间中的微重力燃烧的方法.     

Temperature evolution,flame behavior and extinction inside compartment with a ceiling vent under the ambient wind

This article presents an experimental and CFD simulation investigation and analysis on temperature evolution and flame behavior inside compartment with a ceiling vent under ambient wind. Experiments were conducted employing a reduced-scale model containing a cubic fire compartment with a ceiling vent under the external wind generated by a wind tunnel. The temperature of windward and leeward inside compartment as well as the flame behavior were recorded for various vent dimensions, heat release rates and wind speeds for a total of 720 test conditions. Results show that there are two types of fire behavior regimes inside the compartment for relatively small- (Bernoulli flow regime) or large vents (oscillatory exchange flow regime). With a relatively small vent, the flame is located at the center of compartment and the temperatures of windward and leeward are almost the same with or without the ambient wind. Then the flame turns to extinct due to lack of oxygen with increasing of fuel supply. However, with a relatively large vent, there is a flame transition from windward to leeward accompanied by the transition of temperature distribution with increasing of fuel supply when subject to ambient wind. Such extinction and transition mechanisms are interpreted by the aid of CFD simulation of global equivalence ratio and flow/oxygen field inside compartment. The critical heat release rate for the occurrence of flame transition decreases with raising wind speed while increases with vent size. Their complex dependence is found to be well represented in terms of a non-dimensional heat release rate as a function of the wind Froude number, employing the vent area-equivalent characteristic diameter as length scale. These new findings facilitate the understanding of the compartment fire evolution with a ceiling vent subject to ambient wind.     

Thermal Analysis of Vertical Upward Flame Spread and Dripping Behaviors of Polystyrene Foams at Different Altitudes

In order to reveal the effect of altitude on the flame spread and dripping behaviors of PS foams a series of upward flame spread experiments was carried out on the plateau area of Lhasa and the plain area of Hefei. It was found that, during the flame spread process, extinction occurred on the plateau for expanded polystyrene (EPS) and extruded polystyrene (XPS) foams while, on the plain, the flame spread could be well sustained and, at longer times, even acceleration was observed. Due to the increase of smoke generation, resulting in decreases of the flame heat flux and oxygen concentration in air entrainment on the plateau, the burning and heat transfer were not efficient in Lhasa, making extinction occur. A larger angle for the pyrolysis front of EPS and XPS on the plateau was another important factor promoting extinction. The mass of dripping PS in the pool fire zone was also studied for different thicknesses of PS at the two altitudes. The maximum dripping mass of EPS or XPS was much larger for thicknesses of 4 cm and 5 cm than for 2 cm and 3 cm, attributed to the melting PS dripping to the pool fire zone directly making the effect of attaching to the wall weaken.     

Large eddy simulation of fire plumes

FireFOAM, a new fire modeling code based on the OpenFOAM platform (www.openfoam.org), is developed and applied to model a series of purely buoyant fire plumes with heat release rates from 14 to 58 kW. The calculations are compared with McCaffrey’s (1979) experiments. The simulation results demonstrate good quantitative agreement with experimental measurements, and show the scaling relations of mean temperature and velocity in the continuous flame, intermittent and plume regions. The numerical simulations are shown to be strictly conservative in energy. Predicted flame heights and entrainment rates also compare well with experimental correlations. The good agreements in all aspects examined show that the current CFD model performs well for small-scale fire plumes. Turbulent fluctuation intensities and PDF of mixture fraction are presented to gain more insights into the structure of fire plumes.     

Fire eruption through intensity and spread rate interaction mediated by flow attachment

Conditions under which a fire has a stable steady spread rate or under which it is able to spread eruptively up a slope or in confined topography are of considerable interest from a practical and safety point of view. The physical interactions that give rise to either form of behaviour are investigated by way of a mathematical model, in which different expressions for the rate of feedback from intensity into spread-rate are found to identify a threshold between eruptive and stable spread of a line fire. In turn, changes in the fireline intensity in any unsteady evolution are mainly determined by the history of the spread-rate over a burnout time (in effect, by changes in flame depth). Under stable conditions, any initial spread-rate evolves towards the steady spread rate on a time-scale of the order of the burnout time. But above the threshold, eruptive fire-growth sets in; the spread-rate and intensity both grow indefinitely.

It is argued that a change in the nature of the flow field around a line fire engenders the change from one form of behaviour to another. If the air flow separates at the flame, so that air is drawn away from the ground and vegetation surface, then the model provides strong reasons to expect that the steady spread rate is stable. On the other hand, laboratory experiments and a controlled field burn confirm that eruptive behaviour is more likely to be associated with flow attachment.

As a result, if the air immediately ahead of a fire that is spreading uphill, flows up the slope away from the fire then conditions arise for a potentially very dangerous acceleration in the spread-rate of the fire, along with a corresponding growth in its intensity. As is shown by the experiments, this form of air-flow can be generated by the fire itself without any change in external conditions such as ambient wind.     

Experimental study of upward flame spread of an inclined fuel surface

A thermally thick slab of polymethyl methacrylate was used to study the effects of the inclination angle of a fuel surface on upward flame spread. While investigation of upward spread over solid fuels has typically been restricted to an upright orientation, inclination of the fuel surface from the vertical is a common occurrence that has not yet been adequately addressed. By performing experiments on 10 cm wide by 20 cm tall fuel samples it was found that the maximum flame-spread rate, occurring nearly in a vertical configuration, does not correspond to the maximum fuel mass-loss rate, which occurs closer to a horizontal configuration. A detailed study of both flame spread and steady burning at different angles of inclination revealed the influence of buoyancy-induced flows in modifying heat-flux profiles ahead of the flame front, which control flame spread, and in affecting the heat flux to the burning surface of the fuel, which controls fuel mass-loss rates.