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March 13, 2024, 07:35 |
Flammability limit
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Meysam
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Hello,
I simulate a Butan leckage in a room and I use Butan/Air as the material in domains with different mass fraction. I would like to know, how can I show in cfx Post the Flammability range of my gas. I know the Butan Flammability limit is between 1.6 to 8.4 % . Exactly I say I would like to know which parameter such as Mass Fraction, Molar Fraction, Mass Concentration and etc shows in an Isosurface the percentage of Flammability limit . regards, |
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March 13, 2024, 08:06 |
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Gert-Jan
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This depends on how the percentages for the Flammability limits are defined. Better look it up.
However, my first guess is that it would be volume percentage i.e. Molar fraction as long as ideal gas law is applicable. |
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March 13, 2024, 09:43 |
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I think the percentages are the volume percentage. So it means I can use the Molar fraction. Isnīt it? bests, |
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March 13, 2024, 10:37 |
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Molar Fraction is equal to Volume Fraction for ideal gas, so for this purpose, they are the same. If you modeled the gases as ideal gases, they are the exact same. Flammability limits are normally listed as volume fraction, probably just because VolFrac is more commonly used than MolFrac. For non-ideal cases, it is likely the mole fraction is the true variable of interest, since this is chemistry. So listing them as volume fraction is the simplification, and valid since they are essentially the same except for very specific situations, like a gas near its critical point.
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