@article{ref1,
title="Thermal analysis of a pool fire test in a steel container",
journal="Journal of fire sciences",
year="2012",
author="Cheng, Xudong and Byström, Alexandra and Wickström, Ulf and Veljkovic, Milan",
volume="30",
number="2",
pages="170-184",
abstract="A pool fire test was conducted in an uninsulated steel container under low ambient temperature condition, at −20°C. The heat balance of the enclosure fire was analyzed. The size of the container was 12 m× 2.4 m and 2.4 m high, and it was made of 3-mm-thick steel. During the fire test, the fuel mass loss rate was recorded and the temperatures at different positions were measured with high-temperature thermocouples and plate thermometers. The fire scenario was simulated by using fire dynamics simulator software, and the simulated and measured results were compared. The coarse high-temperature thermocouple responded slower, and therefore, temperature measured by the high-temperature thermocouple was corrected to eliminate the effect of the thermal inertia. Furthermore, a simple two-zone model was proposed for estimating gas temperature in the enclosure of the highly conductive steel walls assuming a constant combustion rate. The convective and radiative heat transfer resistances at the inside and outside surfaces of the enclosure were analyzed.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0734-9041",
doi="10.1177/0734904111432834",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0734904111432834"
}