Abstract
The combustion characteristics of pool fires of biofuels, canola methyl ester (CME), soy methyl ester (SME) and their blends with No. 2 diesel were studied. The fuels were burned in cups of two sizes (4.2 cm and 5.7 cm in diameter and 3.8 cm height) that simulated pools of liquids during spills. The mass burn rate, the radiation emission from the flames, the flame temperature field, and the emission index of CO and NO were recorded. Blends of CME and SME with diesel fuel were tested with biofuel concentrations of 25, 50 and 75% volume. The fuel mass burning rate in the smaller container was less than that in the large container for all flames. The radiation fraction of heat release and the temperature profiles were comparable for all the flames. The CO emission index decreased with the biofuel content in the fuel, and the NO emission index, albeit being much smaller than in the spray flames of corresponding fuels, did not show a systematic and significant dependence on the fuel type.
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