Laminar Smoke Points of Wax Candles

被引：24

作者：

Allan, Kathryn M. ^{[1
]}

Kaminski, John R. ^{[1
]}

Bertrand, Jerry C. ^{[2
]}

Head, Jeb ^{[3
]}

Sunderland, Peter B. ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Univ Maryland, Dept Fire Protect Engn, College Pk, MD 20742 USA

[2] CW Grp, Menlo Pk, CA USA

[3] Atkins & Pearce Inc, Covington, KY USA

来源：

COMBUSTION SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY | 2009年 / 181卷 / 05期

关键词：

Combustion; Diffusion flames; Laminar flames; Soot; Wicks; JET DIFFUSION FLAMES; SOOT FORMATION; MOLECULAR-STRUCTURE; FUEL; TENDENCY; MODEL; COMBUSTION; SIMULATION; ADDITIVES; BEHAVIOR;

D O I：

10.1080/00102200902935512

中图分类号：

O414.1 [热力学];

学科分类号：

070201 [理论物理];

摘要：

An experimental investigation of laminar smoke points of candle flames is presented. Adjustable wicks with diameters of 1.7-7.3mm were used to measure smoke points in quiescent air for 14 different waxes. The measured smoke points increased with wick diameter. Smoke points interpolated to a wick diameter of 4.5mm varied from 41-80mm and increased from commercial waxes (candelilla, carnauba, beeswax, paraffin) to normal alkanes (hexatriacontane, octacosane, tetracosane) to primary alcohols (octadecanol, docosanol, hexadecanol) to carboxylic acids (stearic, palmitic, lauric, myristic). Wax smoke points decreased with increasing carbon number. Alkane and alcohol smoke points decreased with increasing fuel C/H ratio and correlated with past measurements of liquid fuels and polymers. Soot emission was not possible for any fuel when wick diameter was below 1.7mm or when wick length was below 5.9mm.

引用

页码：800 / 811

页数：12

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