Fire in a Tank

José Maria Pomarolli

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Jan 19, 2023, 12:09:35 PM1/19/23

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Hi people

Has anyone built a model for fire in a tank whose heat reaches another nearby tank?

Regards from Brazil

Jose Maria

Dave Sheppard

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Jan 20, 2023, 7:41:51 AM1/20/23

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If the fire was entirely inside the first tank, the heat transfer mechanisms to the second tank would be radiative and convective. I would just define the external temperature of the first tank and allow FDS to calculate the heat transfer to the other tank.

José Maria Pomarolli

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Jan 30, 2023, 8:18:22 AM1/30/23

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Tkank you very much

Jonathan Hodges

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Jan 30, 2023, 9:40:52 AM1/30/23

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Our analysis on large tank-to-tank fire spread indicated that additional validation was needed in this area. We compared the heat fluxes predicted by FDS to empirical correlations from the SFPE handbook (5th edition chapter 66 - Fire hazard calculations for large open hydrocarbon fires) and found we needed to adjust the PATH_LENGTH to improve agreement.

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