A 3D modeling of static and forward smoldering combustion in a packed bed of materials

Applied Mathematical Modelling

Volumn 31, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1970-1996

  Saidi, M S ^a   Hajaligol, M R ^b   Mhaisekar, A ^b   Subbiah, M ^b  

^a Saidi Partnership   (United States)

^b Philip Morris USA   (United States)

Author keywords

Combustion; Heat and mass transfer; Modeling; Pyrolysis; Smoke; Smoldering

Indexed keywords

BUOYANCY; CIGARETTE FILTERS; COMBUSTION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIFFUSION; FLOW FIELDS; HEAT TRANSFER; KINETIC THEORY; MASS TRANSFER; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; POROSITY; PYROLYSIS;

BED PERMEABILITY; GAS DIFFUSIVITY; POROUS PACKED BED; SMOLDERING COMBUSTION;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS;

BUOYANCY; CIGARETTE FILTERS; COMBUSTION; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIFFUSION; FLOW FIELDS; HEAT TRANSFER; KINETIC THEORY; MASS TRANSFER; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; POROSITY; PYROLYSIS;

EID: 34047097790     PISSN: 0307904X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apm.2006.08.003     Document Type: Article

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