{"id":2258,"date":"2024-08-04T21:22:19","date_gmt":"2024-08-04T21:22:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/workhouse.sweetdishy.com\/?p=2258"},"modified":"2024-08-04T21:22:20","modified_gmt":"2024-08-04T21:22:20","slug":"important-definitions-related-to-liquid-combustion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/workhouse.sweetdishy.com\/index.php\/2024\/08\/04\/important-definitions-related-to-liquid-combustion\/","title":{"rendered":"\u00a0Important Definitions related to Liquid Combustion"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Flashpoint of liquid fuels<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;Flashpoint is defined as the lowest temperature at which a fuel liberates vapor at a sufficient flow rate such that the vapor forms a mixture with air, That mixture will ignite in the&nbsp;presence using the pilot or an ignition source.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; When the fuel reaches its flash point fuel is ready to burn when there is an ignition source.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; If a spill of liquid fuel occurs, the chances of fire is very high and the air or fuel temperature reaches the flashpoint.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\" id=\"attachment_4488\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cfdflowengineering.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Ignition-point-of-liquid-fuel-300x226.jpg\" alt=\"Ignition point of liquid fuel\" class=\"wp-image-4488\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The ignition point of liquid fuel<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>&nbsp;Fire Point<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;It&nbsp; refers to the minimum liquid temperature for&nbsp;sustained burning&nbsp;of the liquid fuel&nbsp;with or without the ignition source<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; At the fire point, the heat release rate of the establishing flame balances the rate of heat losses to the surroundings<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>&nbsp;Auto-ignition Point<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>it occurs through the self-heating of the reactants<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\" id=\"attachment_4489\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cfdflowengineering.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Liquid-fuel-flash-point-ingition-and-fire-point-with-flammbility-300x178.jpg\" alt=\"Liquid fuel flash point, ignition, fire point with flammability\" class=\"wp-image-4489\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Liquid fuel flash point, ignition, fire point with flammability<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Flashpoint of liquid fuels &nbsp;Fire Point &nbsp;Auto-ignition Point<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2251,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[374],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2258","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-fuels-and-combustion"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/workhouse.sweetdishy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/gas-pump-1.png","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/workhouse.sweetdishy.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2258","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/workhouse.sweetdishy.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/workhouse.sweetdishy.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/workhouse.sweetdishy.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/workhouse.sweetdishy.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2258"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/workhouse.sweetdishy.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2258\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2263,"href":"https:\/\/workhouse.sweetdishy.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2258\/revisions\/2263"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/workhouse.sweetdishy.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2251"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/workhouse.sweetdishy.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2258"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/workhouse.sweetdishy.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2258"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/workhouse.sweetdishy.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2258"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}