Prediction of flammability of gases by using F-number analysis
Journal of Hazardous Materials, 82 (2):
113--128 (March 2001)DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0304-3894(00)00358-7
Abstract
A novel method of predicting flammability limits has been proposed.
This method utilizes a new flammability index called F-number. For
this purpose, an empirical expression of F-number has been derived
to account for the flammability characteristics of various organic
substances. The analysis has been done by fitting to the observed
values of F-number for a wide variety of organic gases and vapors.
As a result, it has been found that F-number is an excellent tool
to analyze the flammability characteristics of various substances.
It has also been shown that the values of upper and lower flammability
limits can be derived from F-number together with the stoichiometric
concentration corrected for the effect of selective diffusion.