You then make this quote:
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In determining the heat release rate, a combustion efficiency factor must be allowed for. The fire compartment is assumed to be a well stirred but imperfect reactor. At a given instant, the fire zone is unlikely to cover the entire floor space, thus some of the oxygen throughput will miss the fire.
And say "This assumes of course we're discussing the towers, which I really wasn't but oh well".
Well, it's an interesting point. Tell you why you made it. You had confused yourself.
WTC 7 burnt for seven hours before it collapsed, due to an over-expansion of its long beams causing detachment and destabilization of a crucial column. When this occurred the temperatures were
nowhere near 1100-1200 deg C.
Just for fun, lets continue reading (switching our attention to the
towers):
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If we take the case of combustion products for a stoichiometry that would produce the average adiabatic flame temperature for the fire, calculations based on JANAF tables should provide quite an accurate guide
After which you say
What you have just done, apart from confusing two entirely different fire scenarios, is
prove that a blast furnace cannot produce liquid iron unless the air blast is turned on.
You completely ignored my points about the
prevailing wind, the
height and interconnection of the burning floors, the
absence of glazing, and the
internal chimneys.
Why do furnaces have chimneys?
Keep on saying it. Keep on looking for it, and one day you will find it.
Eyes wide shut, or confusion, ain't gonna crack it.