Fire2: a New Approach for Predicting Thermal Radiation Levels from Hydrocarbon Pool Fires

A methodology has been developed for predicting incident thermal radiation levels around pool fires, following accidental spillages of flammable liquids into bunded areas. A realistic representation of the flame shape has been developed using new correlations for predicting the flame geometry. The model has been validated against data from a wide range of experiments and good agreement obtained between model predictions, observed flame shapes and measured thermal radiation levels. It can be used to assess the consequences of LNG, ethane, propane, butane, naphtha and kerosene pool fires, in bunds of various dimensions and over a range of weather conditions.