Figures (4)  Tables (6)
    • Figure 1. 

      The target received radiant heat flux with a small hole leak.

    • Figure 2. 

      The target received radiant heat flux with a medium hole leak.

    • Figure 3. 

      The target received radiant heat flux with a large hole leak.

    • Figure 4. 

      The target received radiant heat flux: (a) small hole leak, (b) medium hole leak.

    • Serial numberPerforation diameter
      (mm)
      Perforation area
      (A/m2)
      Leakage rate
      Qm1/(kg/s)
      Leakage time (s)Leakage quantity
      (kg)
      Exceeds the storage
      capacity?
      151.9635 × 10−50.139833046.1219No
      2254.9087 × 10−43.49411,153.0486No
      3501.9635 × 10−313.97634,612.1943No

      Table 1. 

      Leak source strength calculation.

    • Serial
      number
      Perforation diameter (mm)Mass burning rate/kg/(m2·s)Equipped with fire dike?Liquid pool radius (m)Flame height (m)Total radiant heat flux (kW)Surface average radiant
      heat flux (m2)
      Wind-freeWind-affectedWind-freeWind-affected
      150.0283No1.52654.61123.0975479.554315.163721.1090
      2250.02837.632714.112510.11027,998.704322.728129.2598
      3500.028315.265422.846416.827327,196.742326.738833.3186
      450.0283Yes1.52654.61123.0975479.554315.163721.1090
      5250.02833.35007.96255.51951,887.108518.557424.8589
      6500.02833.35007.96255.51951,887.108518.557424.8589

      Table 2. 

      The characteristic parameter table of pool fire model.

    • Distance from the
      center of liquid
      pool (m)
      Small hole leakMedium hole leakLarge hole leak
      234568101214161620242832
      Mudan modelView factor0.81810.57310.37690.22960.14080.94560.80820.68050.55370.43620.94520.79950.65280.50750.3730
      The target received radiant heat flux q/kW/m216.575011.32697.31574.39462.664224.330220.490817.041913.720510.711826.428622.009717.740613.64069.9288
      Mudan-Sparrow modelView factor0.87040.51600.34920.21750.13710.84370.72340.61240.50380.39980.86200.71210.58360.45840.3445
      The target received radiant heat flux q/kW/m217.635310.19726.77784.16212.593421.710018.339715.336412.48439.817624.103119.603615.861212.32229.1710
      Rai-Kalelkar modelView factor0.40920.26230.17760.12510.09140.48920.39680.32120.26080.21290.48730.39100.31070.24660.1969
      The target received radiant heat flux q/kW/m28.29125.18363.44722.39341.728012.586710.05938.04266.46305.227513.624710.76538.44386.62815.2404

      Table 3. 

      The view factor and target received radiant heat flux.

    • Incident flux I (kW/m2)Damage to equipmentInjury to personnel
      37.5Total damage to operating equipment1% dead/10 s; 100% dead/min
      25.0The minimum energy required for wood combustion under
      the absence of flame and long-time radiation
      Significant injury/10 s; 100% death/1 min
      12.5The minimum energy required for wood combustion and
      plastic melting under the presence of flame
      First-degree burns/10 s; 10% death/1 min
      4.0Glass breaks after 30 min of exposureMore than 20 s feeling pain, may not be blistering

      Table 4. 

      Thermal radiation damage/injury criteria.

    • Serial numberModelDistance from the center of liquid pool (m)The target received radiant heat flux (q/kW/m2)
      1Point source model13.350.8142
      2Mudan model2.1215
      3Mudan-Sparrow model2.1548
      4Rai-Kalelkar model1.6273

      Table 5. 

      The target received radiant heat flux at a distance of 13.35 m.

    • The target received
      radiant heat flux
      (q/kW/m2)
      Damage distance/m
      Point source modelMudanRai-KalelkarMudan-Sparrow
      Liquid pool radius = 1.5256 m
      37.5
      25
      12.51.71652.75151.56722.4835
      43.03435.17963.6185.0796
      Liquid pool radius = 3.35 m
      37.5
      25
      12.53.46616.40022.09265.9354
      46.127210.74448.155410.6076

      Table 6. 

      Thermal radiation hazard consequence.