Flammability Limits — a Review

Abstract

The definition of a flammability limit still remains a most important fundamental problem of the combustion theory. The data on limits are needed in practice in determining the fire- and explosion-proof conditions. However, there is yet no universal answer to the main question of the applicability of the data obtained in standard tubes to large confined and unconfined clouds. This paper is concerned with results obtained after the publishing of the first review by Lovachev et al. in 1973.