Li YL, Lu SX (2002) 'Evaporation and ignition of the leaked fuel by a hot plate.' (Science Press Beijing: Beijing) 1311-1316
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Keywords:
hot plate;leakage;autoignition;gas-phase ignition;absorption;radiation;
Abstract: The evaporation and spontaneous ignition of a liquid fuel leaked on the hot plate has been studied experimentally and numerically. The leaked fuel evaporates on the hot plate and the yielding fuel vapor moves into the oxygen-containing atmosphere, and autoignites somewhere above the plate. The model describing the movement and reaction of the fuel vapor has been made and solved. The results showed some prospective autoignition area of the vapor. The maximum of the reaction rate was chosen as the ignition indicator. So the concluded autoignition place is very close to the experimental result.
