Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology

Course Number: ME-204

Course Title: Engineering Thermodynamics Sessional

Experiment Number: 1{6)

Name ofthe Experiment:Determination of Flash Point and Fire
Point of Given Oil

Date of Performance: 14/03/2021

Date ofSubmission: 15/03/2021

Submitted By:
Name: Kawsar Hossain Susmoy

StudentID: 1810129
Department: ME

Section: C
Tp Objefire
T deleranine H. flesh pint f supplid oil

To dofermine he fna psnf of supphed 7

4h Experimenfe| setup:

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iBunsern burnest ele

bress fest cup is illad wih a

spe
n he setup, a

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henmomden.ane
inserf
Nhidh a shirn, provisnon fo

13 iserded
elose. 7The hepmorderr
slif o open and
such hat he henpopden bulb hould nneqsur

shollnt toueh he wall

he olonpasroture and

's heplad and

sirred af
he eup The sampl
raden. A is secled wilh a Lt hreugh
speenhe
Peehe

uhieh
Luheh an
an ignihion 5oures en he inroduced penicdedy

twlh simulfaneous ntenuphon.

h Detle Shesd
Delcrgninedion leh poid and fio pan:

c ynetrie Pressuru atn 760 mm

Hpfil wed: Kenasin

Table:1 c-lleehan oil tempancru

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obserion
T
(E) Flash Puir Fire pan
NO No
No No
No No
40 NO
42 YeS N
YS N
46 Yes No
48 Yes N
50 Ys N
10 2 Yes Ne
N
12
Yes No
14 6
15 Yes No
Yes
6 Yes

6 YaS
19 70 Yes
72 Yes
TFh Poult
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iru pun1 glvon ul. Tfir63'C
h iseussion:

Limitetions hoaxpenimanBal setup:

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tempanafura and amasphenie prussua. Ku ho

e oleule hon rugendmg ii hal hean munhnd

Ths flonuH burner

wes
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wind. 50, nudd A mhe
by veloey he we

he burnen oyenel bmus dunta h experdnenl

Tiost Plashirg pam was neh l hn reeisely

as wehad obsenved h setup affen eery 2¢

Jempanctunu ru's.
D.fean e belwan fla h pinf ond fu pinl
given oil

Flash point: is he lorsd tempnehue u7 a

given oil ol twhich he applicahn ef an igniHon suyrec

Causes He veporn of h. sf speeinen t igpide

mom-ntanil
/owest fompr furu af whieh
Fire point i
e vopa
Cauwes

appliection a n igihon
soree

of h sapla. o ignfe and sufoh

a tef speeimen.
mnimu of 5 ses* unden spotifhed evndihin
hurning
burning

hy is imporatan! to know bolh flash ard re puinl

eng futl
requitemertflash
fundementzl reason forn
h.
he
15 to asess he safoty hazends
polt measuremnb
negand to ik
oaLguid oft semi- solid wilh into
flanmmbli and hun elausihed
h. kpuid
grcp,! }h. Jempsnsfun. A. liguid rs

s flash poin herce is a puul,lAy of gelliy Jue.

horough h liqwd., 7)% ouer d. flash pnl
npana", . gnecn he ist 7

elassiecthonjis han used t wann a rusk

pru cauln
while.
and enable t tole corrud

usig serdiy hranpecing hlamnybla

on

Lguid on oil. 5peoifieshim quofe flash poinl

values fon guclay CoTo.

he reading
How does hu atmusphei'e prusuta. ofeck
lash and fre poinf durimg oxpprimert?
hmosphenie prusuu de efleef he recdung f
ash point ond fru pont As hose values depond
tyle
on
vapor prussura ve knotw vaporrPa

nefuGJDS
only whun tempapatuse inesues. Satunched
atureqd vepen pruss un ind opendunf f ztmhtue
prre ssure Thus, atmesphenic prsi Lur connof

ffed H. flash fne point tu nding

EConduuion
n hese expenimet clsed cup test melJ
had been appid atd neee s5ary safety pre ea utiors

had bean taken while maSuning flash poi and

hre point