Modeling of gas flow and temperature fields in underground coal fires

Fire Safety Journal

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 477-489

  Huang, Jiejie ^a   Bruining, J ^b   Wolf, K H A A ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF COAL CHEMISTRY   (China)

^b DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Coal fire; Flow and temperature; Modeling

Indexed keywords

COAL MINES; COMBUSTION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; NATURAL CONVECTION; POROUS MATERIALS;

UNDERGROUND COAL FIRES;

MINE FIRES;

EID: 0035400694     PISSN: 03797112     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0379-7112(01)00003-0     Document Type: Article

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