Journal
PROGRESS IN ENERGY AND COMBUSTION SCIENCE
Volume 94, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.pecs.2022.101039
Keywords
Window-ejected fire plumes; Various external boundary conditions; Flame structure; dimensions; Temperature profile; Heat flux
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This paper provides a comprehensive review of recent progresses in the study of window-ejected fire plumes and focuses on quantifying the behavior of these plumes under constrained conditions. The paper discusses the evolution of compartment fires, flame interaction and merging behavior, and characteristic parameters of window-ejected fire plumes. The limitations of current research and future challenges are also addressed.
This paper intends to provide a comprehensive state-of-art review of recent progresses and to formulate per-spectives on window-ejected fire plumes, originating from under-ventilated compartment fires (known as 'Regime I' fires). Various external boundary conditions are considered, as they contribute to the fire and plume dynamics, and as such affect decisions on fire prevention and firefighting. Hence this is an important fire combustion topic of both fundamental and practical significance. After discussing the general fundamentals, the paper focuses particularly on recent progresses on quantifying the ejected fire plume behavior: constrained by the presence of walls; at sub-atmospheric pressure (for fires at high altitudes) and under complex flow conditions caused by wind. Experiments, theoretical scaling analysis and basic models are reviewed. The key points cover systematically: the compartment fire evolution (and hence criteria for flame ejection through the window); flame interaction and merging behavior from two windows; air entrainment mechanisms and characteristic parameters (flame structure/dimensions, temperature profile and heat flux) of window-ejected fire plumes. Meanwhile, the limitations of present research and future challenges are also discussed.
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