Example 30: Radiation from a Burning Pool

Input Data:
Liquid leakage rate: 0.10447 m**3/s
Heat of combustion of liquid: 30745.52 kJ/kg Knovel critical tables 2nd edition
Heat of vaporization of liquid: 538.9118 kJ/kg chemical engineering design -princple practice and economic
Boiling point of liquid: 329.35 K Knovel critical tables 2nd edition
Ambient temperature: 298 K
Liquid density: 730 kg/m**3 Yaws' Handbook of Thermodynamic and Physical Properties
Constant heat capacity of liquid: 2.195764 kJ/kg-K Yaws' Handbook of Thermodynamic and Physical Properties
Dike diameter: 25.1 m Diameter of tank was found to be 23.98119 based on the tim
Receptor distance from pool: 25 m
Relative humidity: 65 %
Radiation efficiency for point source model: 0.35

Calculated Results:
Modified heat of vaporization: 607.7491 kJ/kg
Vertical burning rate: 6.42E-05 m/s
Mass burning rate: 0.046901 kg/m**2-s
Maximum pool diameter: 45.50 m
Diameter used in calculation: 25.1 m
Area of pool: 494.81 m**2
Flame H/D: 1.08
Flame height: 27.21 m
Partial pressure of water vapor: 2053.93 Pa

Point Source Model:

Point source height: 13.60 m
Distance to receptor: 51.91 m
View factor: 2.95E-005 m**(-2)
Transmissivity: 0.71
Thermal flux at receptor: 5.25 kW/m**2

Solid Plume Radiation Model:

Source emissive power: 25.90
Distance from flame axis to receptor: 37.55
Flame radius: 12.55
Flame H/R ratio: 2.17
Dimensionless distance from flame axis: 2.99 1.095953

Intepolated values from figure:

Flame View
H/R Factor
0.5 0.047716
1 0.080719
3 0.148032
6 0.179044

Extra table for interpolation by EXCEL:

 1 0.080719
3 0.148032

Interpolated view factor: 0.120027

Transmissivity: 0.761
Thermal flux at receptor: 2.37 kW/m**2

Interpolation table for EXCEL:

1.081458 -1.701586 1.059543 -1.854429
1.124258 -1.756323 1.102311 -1.920088

h/D=6.0 h/D=3.0 h/D=1.0

x y ln(x) ln(y) x y ln(x) ln(y) x y
1.084527 0.685872 0.081144 -0.377065 1.006021 0.693558 0.006003 -0.36592 1.0058 0.64251
1.107952 0.660106 0.102513 -0.415355 1.038732 0.642448 0.038001 -0.442469 1.038489 0.591921
1.144049 0.624965 0.134574 -0.47006 1.078315 0.601631 0.0754 -0.508111 1.066547 0.554331
1.181341 0.594935 0.16665 -0.519303 1.113429 0.566501 0.107444 -0.568277 1.101261 0.51912
1.219848 0.566348 0.198726 -0.568547 1.155895 0.536334 0.144875 -0.622998 1.13105 0.491492
1.259611 0.539134 0.230803 -0.617791 1.19998 0.507774 0.182305 -0.677719 1.167882 0.462793
1.30069 0.516038 0.262895 -0.661574 1.245728 0.478117 0.21972 -0.7379 1.205913 0.43577
1.343087 0.491242 0.294971 -0.710818 1.300141 0.445294 0.262473 -0.80902 1.238534 0.412578
1.379462 0.470206 0.321694 -0.754585 1.356994 0.421576 0.305272 -0.863756 1.285751 0.388481
1.424449 0.450063 0.353785 -0.798368 1.423937 0.39694 0.353426 -0.92397 1.32049 0.36381
1.486716 0.42377 0.39657 -0.858566 1.486204 0.375797 0.396225 -0.978706 1.36349 0.342567
1.543418 0.401204 0.433999 -0.913286 1.542888 0.355786 0.433656 -1.033427 1.415427 0.319055
1.602309 0.381919 0.471446 -0.962546 1.610356 0.336834 0.476455 -1.088164 1.477252 0.297152
1.663446 0.363562 0.508891 -1.011806 1.671775 0.318898 0.513886 -1.142885 1.525358 0.279801
1.717668 0.346092 0.540968 -1.06105 1.744879 0.301912 0.556685 -1.197621 1.575054 0.264906
1.773713 0.33308 0.573075 -1.099372 1.821209 0.287395 0.599501 -1.246897 1.626319 0.248079
1.851276 0.315339 0.615875 -1.154109 1.900849 0.272087 0.642301 -1.301634 1.688346 0.234869
1.921942 0.301825 0.653336 -1.197907 1.983939 0.256191 0.685084 -1.361831 1.743325 0.221154
1.974025 0.290482 0.680075 -1.236213 2.070727 0.243873 0.7279 -1.411107 1.800095 0.208241
2.049409 0.279556 0.717551 -1.274551 2.161277 0.230883 0.770699 -1.465843 1.858713 0.196081
2.127606 0.266119 0.754997 -1.323811 2.243743 0.219786 0.808145 -1.515103 1.91924 0.184632
2.208786 0.253328 0.792443 -1.373071 2.341859 0.208079 0.850945 -1.56984 1.992377 0.172901
2.293136 0.2438 0.82992 -1.411409 2.444266 0.196995 0.893745 -1.624576 2.057257 0.162805
2.39345 0.232077 0.872736 -1.460684 2.537449 0.185489 0.931159 -1.684758 2.147151 0.152459
2.471544 0.223352 0.904843 -1.499007 2.662626 0.17465 0.979313 -1.744972 2.205199 0.143559
2.593511 0.211452 0.953013 -1.553759 2.764177 0.16535 1.016743 -1.799693 2.264886 0.136663
2.69251 0.20239 0.990474 -1.597558 2.885051 0.156542 1.059543 -1.854429 2.351194 0.12798
2.810294 0.192659 1.033289 -1.646833 3.011117 0.146594 1.102311 -1.920088 2.427758 0.120507
2.948977 0.182394 1.081458 -1.701586 3.176573 0.136526 1.155803 -1.991239 2.493431 0.114094
3.077933 0.172679 1.124258 -1.756323 3.315429 0.12855 1.198587 -2.051437 2.574667 0.10802
3.229823 0.163478 1.172427 -1.811075 3.44177 0.120383 1.235986 -2.117079 2.658509 0.101713
3.425695 0.153082 1.231304 -1.876782 3.573038 0.113972 1.273416 -2.1718 2.745037 0.095252
3.575552 0.145722 1.27412 -1.926057 3.689506 0.108496 1.305493 -2.221044 2.834383 0.089201
3.751999 0.137958 1.322289 -1.98081 3.892056 0.099403 1.358938 -2.308578 2.942393 0.083534
3.937092 0.129896 1.370442 -2.041023 4.018922 0.094626 1.391014 -2.357822 3.054423 0.077377
4.153494 0.121637 1.42395 -2.106713 4.194468 0.08813 1.433767 -2.428941 3.170769 0.072066
4.335121 0.115158 1.46675 -2.16145 4.37775 0.082529 1.476535 -2.4946 3.291597 0.067488
4.52462 0.10843 1.509534 -2.221648 4.568899 0.076445 1.519272 -2.57118 3.380637 0.063896
4.747754 0.101538 1.557672 -2.287322 4.768542 0.071587 1.562041 -2.636839 3.509408 0.05951
4.95529 0.095606 1.600456 -2.34752 4.950412 0.067775 1.599471 -2.691559 3.623632 0.05573
5.171979 0.090513 1.643255 -2.402256 5.139058 0.063469 1.63687 -2.757202 3.721596 0.052477
5.340566 0.086164 1.675332 -2.4515 5.306406 0.059763 1.668915 -2.817368 3.863234 0.048344
5.574103 0.081575 1.718131 -2.506237 5.50879 0.056581 1.706345 -2.872088 3.988974 0.045274
5.786696 0.077231 1.755561 -2.560958 5.718714 0.052986 1.743744 -2.937731 4.118807 0.042398
6.007398 0.073118 1.792992 -2.615678 5.936545 0.049349 1.781127 -3.008835 4.275561 0.039059
6.236517 0.069225 1.830422 -2.670399 6.195949 0.046213 1.823896 -3.074493 4.414722 0.036578
6.474376 0.065538 1.867852 -2.72512 6.397614 0.043278 1.855925 -3.14012 4.558412 0.034254
6.757175 0.061039 1.910605 -2.796239 6.641513 0.04075 1.89334 -3.200302 4.681647 0.032255
7.052328 0.056849 1.953358 -2.867359 6.931504 0.037746 1.936077 -3.276882 4.808288 0.030538
7.360373 0.052946 1.996111 -2.938478 7.157223 0.035542 1.968122 -3.337048 4.964787 0.028598
7.681992 0.049582 2.038879 -3.004137 7.390291 0.033466 2.000167 -3.397214 5.071782 0.027077
7.932026 0.046432 2.070908 -3.069763 7.712976 0.030999 2.042904 -3.473794 5.236939 0.025496
8.278625 0.043481 2.113677 -3.135422 7.964017 0.02903 2.074934 -3.539421 5.378518 0.024007
8.54821 0.040942 2.145722 -3.195588 8.311886 0.027037 2.117687 -3.61054 5.523924 0.022606
8.873959 0.038341 2.183121 -3.261231 8.628357 0.025044 2.155054 -3.687105 5.673261 0.021286
9.163217 0.036499 2.215197 -3.310474 9.053302 0.022946 2.20313 -3.774623 5.857821 0.019826
9.461607 0.034368 2.247242 -3.37064 9.397857 0.021139 2.240482 -3.856648 6.015996 0.018465
9.87489 0.032008 2.289995 -3.44176 9.755829 0.019688 2.277865 -3.927752 6.278579 0.017011
10.30606 0.029649 2.332732 -3.51834 10.18164 0.018137 2.320586 -4.009794 6.448115 0.015844
10.6988 0.027765 2.370132 -3.583983 10.62604 0.016709 2.363308 -4.091835 6.622437 0.014919
11.16595 0.025718 2.412869 -3.660563 11.03045 0.015393 2.40066 -4.17386 6.765155 0.014125
11.52955 0.024216 2.444913 -3.720729 11.51208 0.014258 2.443397 -4.250441 7.022736 0.013084
11.905 0.022802 2.476958 -3.780894 11.88696 0.013425 2.475442 -4.310606 7.251197 0.012186
12.29229 0.021238 2.508972 -3.851982 12.20832 0.012642 2.502118 -4.370756 7.446997 0.01135
12.76052 0.01978 2.546356 -3.923086 12.67315 0.01171 2.539486 -4.447321 7.689261 0.010571
13.24658 0.018422 2.583739 -3.99419 13.15567 0.010847 2.576853 -4.523885 7.981903 0.009739
13.67772 0.017252 2.615768 -4.059816 13.43919 0.01027 2.598175 -4.578558 8.197433 0.009071
14.1985 0.015981 2.653136 -4.13638 13.9511 0.009565 2.635558 -4.649662 8.46411 0.008448
14.66086 0.015047 2.685181 -4.196547 14.32826 0.009006 2.662234 -4.709812 8.785967 0.007698
15.21954 0.014091 2.72258 -4.262189 14.79438 0.008388 2.694247 -4.7809 9.071931 0.007209
15.79877 0.012982 2.759932 -4.344215 15.35791 0.007813 2.731631 -4.852003 9.316895 0.006715
16.57685 0.011894 2.808007 -4.431733 15.7731 0.007357 2.758306 -4.912153 9.568624 0.006288
17.29985 0.010838 2.850698 -4.524696 16.19927 0.006889 2.784966 -4.977764 9.932791 0.005793
17.95797 0.00993 2.888034 -4.612183 16.72574 0.006347 2.816949 -5.059773 10.20068 0.005337
18.6423 0.009299 2.925433 -4.677825 17.3623 0.005847 2.854301 -5.141799 10.64558 0.004863
19.24876 0.008661 2.957447 -4.748913 17.92684 0.005416 2.886299 -5.218348 10.93303 0.00453
19.98166 0.008023 2.994815 -4.825477 18.41148 0.0051 2.912974 -5.278497 11.28835 0.004173
20.74277 0.007472 3.032198 -4.896581 19.01044 0.00475 2.944988 -5.349585 11.71815 0.003865
21.30255 0.006922 3.058827 -4.973114 19.62827 0.004376 2.976971 -5.431594 12.03438 0.003581
22.11363 0.006411 3.096194 -5.049678 20.48435 0.003988 3.019661 -5.524557 12.55945 0.003281
22.95524 0.005906 3.133546 -5.131703 21.14975 0.003654 3.051628 -5.612028 12.82972 0.003072
23.57582 0.005562 3.160222 -5.191854 21.83813 0.003422 3.083658 -5.677655 13.17636 0.002877
24.34241 0.005152 3.19222 -5.268402 22.54786 0.003152 3.11564 -5.759664 13.6048 0.002665
25.26924 0.004772 3.229588 -5.344967 23.15635 0.00292 3.142269 -5.836197 13.97238 0.002496
26.09047 0.004396 3.26157 -5.426976 23.78199 0.002734 3.168929 -5.901808 14.42692 0.002325
26.93882 0.004072 3.293568 -5.503525 24.29413 0.002575 3.190235 -5.961942 14.81649 0.002165
27.81519 0.003793 3.325582 -5.574612 24.81768 0.002438 3.211556 -6.016615
28.71962 0.003513 3.357581 -5.651161 25.62465 0.002258 3.243555 -6.093163
29.49466 0.003255 3.384209 -5.727694 26.45826 0.002103 3.275568 -6.164252
30.29203 0.003065 3.410885 -5.787844
31.27602 0.002808 3.442852 -5.875314
32.29298 0.002601 3.47485 -5.951863
33.34352 0.002423 3.506863 -6.02295
34.24441 0.002269 3.533523 -6.088561
34.98185 0.002136 3.554829 -6.148695
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be 23.98119 based on the time of discharge (75mins at 0.100373m^3/s) and approximation of dike was made by using a factor of 1.1 of the
1.079223 -2.482501 1.088414 -3.023167
1.116591 -2.559066 1.109736 -3.07784

h/D=0.5
ln(x) ln(y) x y ln(x) ln(y)
0.005783 -0.442373 1.027123 0.53946 0.026762 -0.617187
0.037767 -0.524383 1.043639 0.510766 0.042714 -0.671844
0.064426 -0.589994 1.071853 0.480949 0.069389 -0.731994
0.096456 -0.65562 1.094935 0.45288 0.090695 -0.792128
0.123146 -0.710309 1.124519 0.42412 0.117355 -0.857739
0.155192 -0.770475 1.154902 0.397186 0.144015 -0.92335
0.187237 -0.830641 1.17979 0.376054 0.165336 -0.978023
0.213928 -0.88533 1.211705 0.35604 0.192028 -1.032712
0.251343 -0.945512 1.237818 0.337097 0.21335 -1.087385
0.278003 -1.011122 1.264493 0.319162 0.234671 -1.142058
0.310048 -1.071288 1.298699 0.302176 0.261363 -1.196747
0.347431 -1.142392 1.333829 0.286094 0.288054 -1.251436
0.390184 -1.213511 1.36991 0.270868 0.314745 -1.306125
0.422229 -1.273677 1.399432 0.256456 0.336066 -1.360798
0.45429 -1.328382 1.437266 0.241485 0.362743 -1.420948
0.486319 -1.394008 1.476098 0.22615 0.389402 -1.486559
0.523749 -1.448729 1.524142 0.211785 0.421432 -1.552185
0.555794 -1.508895 1.57375 0.198332 0.453461 -1.617812
0.587839 -1.569061 1.61627 0.185737 0.480121 -1.683423
0.619884 -1.629227 1.668902 0.174892 0.512166 -1.743588
0.651929 -1.689392 1.714074 0.166491 0.538873 -1.792816
0.689328 -1.755035 1.769863 0.155915 0.570902 -1.858443
0.721374 -1.815201 1.817711 0.146813 0.597578 -1.918593
0.764142 -1.88086 1.866881 0.139 0.624269 -1.973282
0.790818 -1.941009 1.917381 0.131602 0.65096 -2.027971
0.817524 -1.990237 1.969186 0.123245 0.67762 -2.093582
0.854923 -2.05588 2.033279 0.115416 0.70965 -2.159209
0.886968 -2.116046 2.08828 0.109274 0.736341 -2.213898
0.91366 -2.170734 2.133317 0.104027 0.757678 -2.26311
0.94572 -2.22544 2.179326 0.099031 0.779016 -2.312322
0.977765 -2.285605 2.226326 0.094276 0.800353 -2.361534
1.009795 -2.351232 2.274341 0.089748 0.82169 -2.410746
1.041824 -2.416859 2.32339 0.085439 0.843027 -2.459958
1.079223 -2.482501 2.398937 0.079142 0.875026 -2.536507
1.116591 -2.559066 2.450674 0.075342 0.896363 -2.585719
1.153974 -2.630169 2.503526 0.071724 0.9177 -2.634931
1.191373 -2.695812 2.557519 0.06828 0.939038 -2.684143
1.218064 -2.750501 2.612676 0.065001 0.960375 -2.733355
1.255447 -2.821605 2.683308 0.061206 0.98705 -2.793505
1.287477 -2.887231 2.755893 0.057949 1.013742 -2.848194
1.314153 -2.947381 2.815329 0.055166 1.035079 -2.897406
1.351505 -3.029407 2.875956 0.051947 1.056385 -2.95754
1.383534 -3.095033 2.969562 0.048647 1.088414 -3.023167
1.415564 -3.16066 3.033558 0.046059 1.109736 -3.07784
1.452915 -3.242686 3.098982 0.043847 1.131074 -3.127052
1.484945 -3.308312 3.165816 0.041741 1.152411 -3.176264
1.516974 -3.373939 3.234092 0.039737 1.173748 -3.225476
1.54365 -3.434089 3.303789 0.037623 1.19507 -3.280149
1.570341 -3.488778 3.374987 0.035621 1.216391 -3.334822
1.60237 -3.554405 3.466283 0.033725 1.243083 -3.389511
1.623692 -3.609078 3.559937 0.031583 1.269743 -3.455122
1.655737 -3.669244 3.656235 0.029903 1.296434 -3.509811
1.682413 -3.729393 3.75508 0.028157 1.32311 -3.569961
1.709088 -3.789543 3.8773 0.026368 1.355139 -3.635587
1.735764 -3.849693 3.982121 0.024829 1.381815 -3.695737
1.767778 -3.920781 4.111666 0.023125 1.413828 -3.766825
1.794422 -3.991853 4.222757 0.021657 1.440488 -3.832436
1.837144 -4.073894 4.36013 0.020171 1.472502 -3.903523
1.863788 -4.144966 4.477935 0.01889 1.499162 -3.969134
1.890463 -4.205115 4.599066 0.017884 1.525853 -4.023823
1.911785 -4.259788 4.723399 0.01684 1.552529 -4.083973
1.949153 -4.336353 4.825191 0.015944 1.57385 -4.138646
1.981167 -4.40744 4.982163 0.01485 1.605864 -4.209734
2.007811 -4.478512 5.116694 0.013832 1.632509 -4.280806
2.039825 -4.5496 5.255104 0.013095 1.6592 -4.335494
2.077177 -4.631626 5.368354 0.012399 1.680521 -4.390168
2.103821 -4.702697 5.48396 0.011675 1.701827 -4.450302
2.135835 -4.773785 5.632216 0.010994 1.728503 -4.510451
2.173156 -4.866733 5.78439 0.010295 1.755163 -4.576062
2.205185 -4.932359 5.940676 0.009642 1.781823 -4.641673
2.231829 -5.003431 6.068511 0.009029 1.803113 -4.707268
2.258489 -5.069042 6.232571 0.008502 1.829789 -4.767418
2.295842 -5.151067 6.366688 0.007962 1.851079 -4.833013
2.322454 -5.233061 6.469165 0.00758 1.867047 -4.882209
2.365145 -5.326024 6.60858 0.007177 1.888369 -4.936882
2.391788 -5.397096 6.750999 0.006795 1.90969 -4.991555
2.423771 -5.479105 6.896272 0.006364 1.930981 -5.05715
2.461139 -5.55567 7.082599 0.00596 1.957641 -5.122761
2.487768 -5.632203 7.23512 0.005612 1.978947 -5.182895
2.530473 -5.719705 7.390695 0.005227 2.000222 -5.25395
2.551764 -5.7853 7.549496 0.004842 2.021481 -5.330468
2.578424 -5.850911 7.75323 0.004485 2.04811 -5.407001
2.610423 -5.927459 7.962585 0.004177 2.074754 -5.478072
2.637083 -5.99307 8.133802 0.003891 2.096028 -5.549128
2.669096 -6.064158 8.308702 0.003624 2.117303 -5.620184
2.695741 -6.13523 8.442175 0.003413 2.13324 -5.680302
8.62384 0.003196 2.15453 -5.745897
8.762512 0.003026 2.170483 -5.800554
8.903135 0.002834 2.186403 -5.866133
9.046158 0.002668 2.20234 -5.926251
9.19162 0.002527 2.218292 -5.980908
9.339569 0.002405 2.23426 -6.030105
9.489752 0.002277 2.250212 -6.084762
9.59086 0.002168 2.260811 -6.133942
9.693807 0.002121 2.271487 -6.155818
e by using a factor of 1.1 of the tank volume