03 HRR Flame Height Burning Duration Calculations
03 HRR Flame Height Burning Duration Calculations
03 HRR Flame Height Burning Duration Calculations
INPUT PARAMETERS
303.00 K
Gravitational Acceleration (g) 9.81 m/sec2
Heat Release Rate Calculation (Liquids with relatively high flash point, like transformer oil, require
tb = 4V / pD2n
Where tb = burning duration of pool fire (sec)
V = volume of liquid (m3)
D = pool diameter (m)
n = regression rate (m/sec)
Answer
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Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
Division of Systems Safety and Analysis
Plant Systems Branch
Fire Protection Engineering and Special Projects Section
ESTIMATING POOL FIRE RESULTS FOR RANDOM SIZE SPILLS USING INPUT PARAMETERS
Area (ft2) Area (m2) Diameter (m) Q (kW) tb (sec) Hf (ft) (Heskestad) Hf (ft) (Thomas)
1 0.09 0.34 185.62 436497869.10 5.08 4.49
2 0.19 0.49 371.24 218248934.55 6.59 5.72
3 0.28 0.60 556.86 145499289.70 7.67 6.58
4 0.37 0.69 742.48 109124467.27 8.55 7.28
5 0.46 0.77 928.10 87299573.82 9.29 7.86
6 0.56 0.84 1113.72 72749644.85 9.94 8.38
7 0.65 0.91 1299.34 62356838.44 10.52 8.84
8 0.74 0.97 1484.96 54562233.64 11.06 9.26
9 0.84 1.03 1670.58 48499763.23 11.55 9.64
10 0.93 1.09 1856.20 43649786.91 12.01 10.00
11 1.02 1.14 2041.82 39681624.46 12.44 10.34
12 1.11 1.19 2227.44 36374822.42 12.85 10.66
13 1.21 1.24 2413.06 33576759.16 13.23 10.96
14 1.30 1.29 2598.68 31178419.22 13.60 11.24
15 1.39 1.33 2784.30 29099857.94 13.95 11.52
20 1.86 1.54 3712.41 21824893.45 15.50 12.73
25 2.32 1.72 4640.51 17459914.76 16.82 13.75
50 4.65 2.43 9281.01 8729957.38 21.65 17.50
75 6.97 2.98 13921.52 5819971.59 25.07 20.15
100 9.29 3.44 18562.03 4364978.69 27.80 22.26
Caution! The purpose of this random spill size chart is to aid the user in evaluating the
hazard of random sized spills. Please note that the calculation doe not take into account
the viscosity or volatility of the liquid, or the absorptivity of the surface. The results
generated for small volume spills over large areas should be used with extreme caution.
NOTE
The above calculations are based on principles developed in the SFPE Handbook of Fire
Protection Engineering, 2nd Edition, 1995.
Calculations are based on certain assumptions and have inherent limitations. The results
of such calculations may or may not have reasonable predictive capabilities for a given
situation, and should only be interpreted by an informed user.
Although each calculation in the spreadsheet has been verified with the results of hand
calculation, there is no absolute guarantee of the accuracy of these calculations.
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