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Science & Technology, Technology, Engineering, Civil, Materials Science, Multidisciplinary, Engineering, Materials Science, Buoyant plumes, Pool fires, Wall fires, Flame extinction, Fire modeling, Pyrolysis modeling, Large eddy simulation, LARGE-EDDY SIMULATIONS, BUOYANT HELIUM PLUME, TURBULENT LINE FIRE, FLAME EXTINCTION, METHANE FIRE, NEAR-FIELD, MODEL, PYROLYSIS, FUEL, FLOW, Large Eddy Simulation, Pyrolysis, modeling, 0904 Chemical Engineering, 0911 Maritime Engineering, Civil Engineering, 4005 Civil engineering

Abstract:

© 2018 Elsevier Ltd This paper provides a report of the discussions held at the first workshop on Measurement and Computation of Fire Phenomena (MaCFP) on June 10–11 2017. The first MaCFP workshop was both a technical meeting for the gas phase subgroup and a planning meeting for the condensed phase subgroup. The gas phase subgroup reported on a first suite of experimental-computational comparisons corresponding to an initial list of target experiments. The initial list of target experiments identifies a series of benchmark configurations with databases deemed suitable for validation of fire models based on a Computational Fluid Dynamics approach. The simulations presented at the first MaCFP workshop feature fine grid resolution at the millimeter- or centimeter-scale: these simulations allow an evaluation of the performance of fire models under high-resolution conditions in which the impact of numerical errors is reduced and many of the discrepancies between experimental data and computational results may be attributed to modeling errors. The experimental-computational comparisons are archived on the MaCFP repository [1]. Furthermore, the condensed phase subgroup presented a review of the main issues associated with measurements and modeling of pyrolysis phenomena. Overall, the first workshop provided an illustration of the potential of MaCFP in providing a response to the general need for greater levels of integration and coordination in fire research, and specifically to the particular needs of model validation.