title: A correlation to estimate the velocity of convective currents in boilover.
abstract: The mathematical model proposed by Kozanoglu et al. [B. Kozanoglu, F. Ferrero, M. Muñoz, J. Arnaldos, J. Casal, Velocity of the convective currents in boilover, Chem. Eng. Sci. 61 (8) (2006) 2550-2556] for simulating heat transfer in hydrocarbon mixtures in the process that leads to boilover requires the initial value of the convective current's velocity through the fuel layer as an adjustable parameter. Here, a correlation for predicting this parameter based on the properties of the fuel (average ebullition temperature) and the initial thickness of the fuel layer is proposed.
authors.affiliation: Centre d'Estudis del Risc Tecnològic (CERTEC), Chemical Engineering Department, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Diagonal 647, 08028 Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. fabio.ferrero@upc.edu
authors.forename: Fabio
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Ferrero
authors.forename: Bulent
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Kozanoglu
authors.forename: Josep
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Arnaldos
mesh_terms: D018481:Convection; D006358:Hot Temperature; D006838:Hydrocarbons / Q000737:chemistry*; D008956:Models, Chemical
chemical_list: D006838:Hydrocarbons