Criteria have been investigated for the conditions at which a `lagging
fire’ may occur when a flammable liquid penetrates and is dispersed
within insulation material surrounding a hot pipe. The conditions
at which a Frank-Kamenetskii thermal ignition criterion should be
replaced by one derived from the heat release rate versus fluid evaporation
rate were deduced. These conditionswere related to the decreasing
enthalpy of vaporization of the fluid. Practical investigations were
based on formal 'cube test' methods for thermal ignition. The theory
was tested against the behaviour of n-C1 6H3 4 , n-C1 8H3 8 and n-C2
0H4 2 , which represent alkanes of mid-range volatility, and also
with reference to squalane (C3 0H6 2 ), which is representative of
highly involatile alkanes.
%0 Journal Article
%1 Brindley:1999
%A Brindley, J.
%A Griffiths, J.F.
%A Hafiz, N.
%A Mcintosh, A.C.
%A Zhang, J.
%D 1999
%J Process Safety and Environmental Protection (Transactions of the
Institution of Chemical Engineers, Part B)
%K criteria. fires; ignition ignition; lagging spontaneous
%P 61--68
%R http://dx.doi.org/10.1205/095758299529811
%T Criteria for Autoignition of Combustible Fluids in Insulation Materials
%V 77
%X Criteria have been investigated for the conditions at which a `lagging
fire’ may occur when a flammable liquid penetrates and is dispersed
within insulation material surrounding a hot pipe. The conditions
at which a Frank-Kamenetskii thermal ignition criterion should be
replaced by one derived from the heat release rate versus fluid evaporation
rate were deduced. These conditionswere related to the decreasing
enthalpy of vaporization of the fluid. Practical investigations were
based on formal 'cube test' methods for thermal ignition. The theory
was tested against the behaviour of n-C1 6H3 4 , n-C1 8H3 8 and n-C2
0H4 2 , which represent alkanes of mid-range volatility, and also
with reference to squalane (C3 0H6 2 ), which is representative of
highly involatile alkanes.
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abstract = {Criteria have been investigated for the conditions at which a `lagging
fire’ may occur when a flammable liquid penetrates and is dispersed
within insulation material surrounding a hot pipe. The conditions
at which a Frank-Kamenetskii thermal ignition criterion should be
replaced by one derived from the heat release rate versus fluid evaporation
rate were deduced. These conditionswere related to the decreasing
enthalpy of vaporization of the fluid. Practical investigations were
based on formal 'cube test' methods for thermal ignition. The theory
was tested against the behaviour of n-C1 6H3 4 , n-C1 8H3 8 and n-C2
0H4 2 , which represent alkanes of mid-range volatility, and also
with reference to squalane (C3 0H6 2 ), which is representative of
highly involatile alkanes.},
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author = {Brindley, J. and Griffiths, J.F. and Hafiz, N. and Mcintosh, A.C. and Zhang, J.},
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doi = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1205/095758299529811},
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journal = {Process Safety and Environmental Protection (Transactions of the
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keywords = {criteria. fires; ignition ignition; lagging spontaneous},
pages = {61--68},
timestamp = {2010-01-19T17:39:44.000+0100},
title = {Criteria for Autoignition of Combustible Fluids in Insulation Materials},
volume = 77,
year = 1999
}