Initiation of smouldering fires in combustible bulk materials by glowing nests and embedded hot bodies

Journal of Loss Prevention in the Process Industries

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 237-242

  Krause, Ulrich ^a   Schmidt, Martin ^a,b  

^a Fed Inst for Materials and Testing   (Germany)

^b OTTO VON GUERICKE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

fire propagation velocity; glowing nests; smouldering fires; smouldering temperatures

Indexed keywords

SMOLDERING PROCESS;

FLAMMABLE MATERIALS; THERMAL GRADIENTS;

FLAME RESEARCH;

EID: 0031177774     PISSN: 09504230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0950-4230(97)00008-9     Document Type: Article

References (3)

1. [1] Schubert, J. and Böhme, H., Feuerwehr-Zeitung, 1991, 6, 288-293.
2. [2] Beck, H. and Jeske, A., VDI-Report 1272. Düsseldorf, 1996, pp. 365-388.
3. [3] VDI guideline 2263, Dust Fires - Dust Explosions. Beuth, Berlin, 1992.