Abstract
We show that in the diffusive combustion of turbulent underexpanded gas jets the geometric dimensions of the plume are directly associated with the gas flowrate, and we propose a technique for evaluating the flowrate of the burning gushers that arise in the case of well accidents on the basis of the diffusive plume height.
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IGiL SO RAN, Novosibirsk. Translated from Fizika Goreniya i Vzryva, Vol. 30, No. 6, pp. 25–28, November–December, 1994.
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Akhmetov, D.G. Burning gusher flowrate evaluation based on diffusive plume height. Combust Explos Shock Waves 30, 746–749 (1994). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00755244
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00755244