The spontaneous combustion characteristics of Turkish lignite and correlation of the self-heating process with the actual fire

CIM Bulletin

Volumn 96, Issue 1070, 2003, Pages 75-79

  Guyaguler T ^a   Karpuz, C ^a   Bagci S ^a  

^a MIDDLE EAST TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Adiabatic oxidation; Crossing point temperature; Mine fires; Spontaneous combustion; Turkish lignites

Indexed keywords

CARBON MONOXIDE; COMBUSTION; FIRES; MINING; OXIDATION;

ADIABATIC OXIDATION;

LIGNITE;

COAL; COMBUSTION; FIRE MANAGEMENT; LIGNITE;

TURKEY;

EID: 0038015652     PISSN: 03170926     EISSN: None     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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