Mass pyrolysis rates and excess pyrolysate in fully developed enclosure fires

Fire Safety Journal

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 1-21

  Delichatsios, Michael A ^a   Silcock, Gordon W H ^a   Liu, Xijuan ^b   Delichatsios, Mary ^c   Lee, Yee Ping ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

^c Renewable Resources Associates   (United States)

Author keywords

Air inflow rates; Enclosure fires; Excess pyrolysate; Flashover; Pyrolysis rates

Indexed keywords

AIR; COMBUSTION; FLASHOVER; HEAT FLUX; HEAT LOSSES; PYROLYSIS; REACTION KINETICS; STOICHIOMETRY;

AIR INFLOW RATES;

FIRES;

EID: 0242573578     PISSN: 03797112     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.firesaf.2003.07.006     Document Type: Article

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