| Download | - View final version: Detailed analysis of Sandia experimental crude oil fire data (PDF, 14.2 MiB)
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| DOI | Resolve DOI: https://doi.org/10.4224/40002968 |
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| Author | Search for: Lam, Cecilia1; Search for: National Research Council of Canada. Construction Research Centre |
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| Affiliation | - National Research Council of Canada. Construction
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| Sponsor | Search for: Transport Canada |
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| Format | Text, Technical Report |
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| ISBN | 978-0-660-37902-9
978-0-660-37903-6 |
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| Physical description | 167 p. |
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| Subject | crude oil fire; heptane fire; dilbit fire; pool fire; rail tank fire; calorimeter; Bakken; dilbit; Bakken fire; heat release rate; heat flux |
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| Abstract | The National Research Council of Canada (NRC) and Transport Canada (TC) conducted three series of pool fire experiments at the Fire Laboratory for Accreditation of Models and Experiments (FLAME) test facility at Sandia National Laboratories [1]. Series 1 (FY2017/18) tested heptane, Series 2 (FY2017/18) tested Bakken crude oil, and Series 3 (FY2018/19) tested diluted bitumen (dilbit). The objective of these experiments was to characterize, at 1/10th scale, the external thermal environment around a rail tank car engulfed in a crude oil pool fire. The experiments used a calorimeter to represent the tank car at reduced scale due to the prohibitive cost of simulating a full-scale scenario. Of particular interest in this work was the effect of volatile compounds in the crude oil on the fires. Of more general interest was the impact of crude oil properties on the severity outcomes of crude oil fires. |
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| Publication date | 2021-03-01 |
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| Publisher | National Research Council of Canada |
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| Language | English |
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| Peer reviewed | No |
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| Identifier | A1-016311.1
Cat No. NR24-86/2021E-PDF |
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| Record identifier | 3badb0b6-5e08-4087-8a25-e401680d55ff |
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| Record created | 2022-12-23 |
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| Record modified | 2023-01-11 |
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