Evaluation of reduced mechanism for modeling combustion of pyrolysis gas in wildland fire

Combustion Science and Technology

Volumn 171, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 39-70

  Zhou, Xiangyang ^a   Mahalingam, Shankar ^a  

^a University of California Riverside   (United States)

Author keywords

Pyrolysis; Reduced mechanism; Wildland fire

Indexed keywords

AIR; CALCULATIONS; COMPOSITION; DIFFUSION; FIRES; FLAME RESEARCH; GAS FUELS; METHANE; OXIDATION; PYROLYSIS; STRAIN RATE; WOOD;

PYROLYSIS GAS; REDUCED MECHANISM; STEADY STATE ASSUMPTIONS; WILDLAND FIRE;

COMBUSTION;

AIR; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; COMBUSTION; COMPUTATION; DIFFUSION; FLAMES; FOREST FIRES; FUEL GAS; METHANE; PYROLYSIS; STRAINS; WOOD;

EID: 0011741753     PISSN: 00102202     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00102200108907858     Document Type: Article

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