Temperature and the diffusion and explosion limit of diesel vapor cloud

In this study, the authors used a specially designed experimental device to detect the amount of diesel that evaporated at different diesel and environmental temperatures and quantify the distribution of diesel at different heights within the subsequent vapor cloud. They also examined the relationship between the total diesel concentration of the vapor cloud and the amount of diesel evaporated, the relationship between the explosive threshold of the diesel vapor cloud and the environmental temperature, and the formation of the vapor cloud. Finally, the authors investigated the conditions relevant to the formation of an explosive vapor cloud after diesel spillage.