Numerical study of thermal decomposition and pressure generation in charring solids undergoing opposed-flow flame spread

Proceedings of the Combustion Institute

Volumn 31 II, Issue , 2007, Pages 2643-2652

  Won, Chan Park ^a   Atreya, Arvind ^a   Baum, Howard R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Char; Charring material; Flame spread; Pyrolysis; Wood

Indexed keywords

CHARCOAL; PRESSURE EFFECTS; PROBLEM SOLVING; PYROLYSIS; WOOD;

CHARRING MATERIAL; FLAME SPREAD; VOLATILES CONVECTION;

FLAMMABILITY;

CHAR; WOOD;

EID: 34548753865     PISSN: 15407489     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.proci.2006.08.096     Document Type: Article

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