Title
Estimation of upper flammability limits of C-H compounds in air at standard atmospheric pressure and evaluation of temperature dependence
Date Issued
05 March 2016
Access level
open access
Resource Type
journal article
Author(s)
Mendiburu A.Z.
de Carvalho J.A.
Coronado C.R.
Publisher(s)
Elsevier
Abstract
This study focuses on estimating the upper flammability limits of C-H compounds. A method was developed to determine the upper flammability limits in air at standard atmospheric pressure for the following cases: (a) estimation of the UFLs of pure C-H compounds at standard ambient temperature (25. °C); (b) estimation of the UFLs of binary mixtures of C-H compounds at standard ambient temperature (25 °C); (c) estimation of the UFLs of C-H compounds at different initial temperatures. The method was accurate in all cases. In case (a), for a total set of 115 compounds, the absolute average relative error was 7.27% and a squared correlation coefficient of 0.9248 was obtained. In case (b), the average absolute relative error was 5.55%; in case (c) it was 2.19%.
Start page
512
End page
521
Volume
304
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Termodinámica Ingeniería química Ingeniería de materiales
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-84948180628
Source
Journal of Hazardous Materials
ISSN of the container
03043894
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