2005•Fire Science and TechnologyOpen access
Investigation on the heat wave velocity of the crude oil storage tank fire
Zhang Yuan-xue
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Abstract
Boil over leads to the difficulty in extinguishing and controlling the crude oil tank fire.The reason is that the heat wave behavior causes oil to spill in the tank fire and heat wave velocity determines the time when the boil over will happen.Based on the oil tank fire theory and the experimental results concerned,this paper intends to investigate the effect of the heat wave behavior of the oil tank fire so as to reveal the relationships between heat wave velocity and crude oil component,its water content,its liquid level and tank open area.