Spontaneous ignition in storage and production lines: Investigation on wood pellets and protein powders

Fire and Materials

Volumn 31, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 477-494

  Pauner, Martin Ankjer ^a   Bygbjerg, Henrik ^a  

^a Danish Institute of Fire and Security Technology   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Activation energy; Critical ambient temperature; Crossing point method; Frank Kamenetskii; Protein powders; Self heating; Small scale basket test; Spontaneous ignition; Thermal runaway; Wood pellets

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATION ENERGY; IGNITION; SPONTANEOUS COMBUSTION; TEMPERATURE;

CROSSING POINT METHOD; FRANK-KAMENETSKII; PROTEIN POWDERS; SMALL SCALE BASKET TEST; THERMAL RUNWAY;

WOOD PRODUCTS;

ACTIVATION ENERGY; COMBUSTION; IGNITION; TEMPERATURE; WOOD PRODUCTS;

EID: 37249035166     PISSN: 03080501     EISSN: 10991018     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/fam.945     Document Type: Article

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