Empirical Method for Representing the Flash-Point Temperature of Pure Compounds

Farhad Gharagheizi (1) , Ali Eslamimanesh (2) , Amir H. Mohammadi (3) , Dominique Richon (3)

1 Department of Chemical Engineering
2 CEP - Centre Énergétique et Procédés
3 CEP/Fontainebleau

Flash point temperature is one of the most-widely used physical properties for the evaluation of the flammability hazard of combustible liquids. In this communication, an empirical method involving normal boiling-point temperature and number of carbon atoms of the pure compounds is presented for accurate representation of the flash-point temperature of pure substances. A total of 1471 pure compounds belonging to 77 chemical families were used to develop a general correlation. The global absolute average deviation of the model results from experimental values is 2.4%. A successful comparison is finally made with respect to some of the methods proposed in the literature, which apply a similar approach for calculation of the flash-point temperature of pure compounds.

Domaines: Sciences de l'ingénieur [physics]; Génie des procédés

Farhad Gharagheizi, Ali Eslamimanesh, Amir H. Mohammadi, Dominique Richon. Empirical Method for Representing the Flash-Point Temperature of Pure Compounds. Industrial and engineering chemistry, 2011, 50 (9), pp.5877-5880. ⟨10.1021/ie102246v⟩. ⟨hal-00595561⟩