A calorimetric study of wildland fuels

Experimental Thermal and Fluid Science

Volumn 32, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1381-1389

  Schemel, C F ^a,b   Simeoni, A ^c   Biteau, H ^a   Rivera, J D ^d   Torero, J L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b Packer Engineering Inc   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE CORSE   (France)

^d PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

Calorimetry; Heat release rate; Porous fuels; Wildland fuels

Indexed keywords

ASTROPHYSICS; CALORIMETERS; CALORIMETRY; COBALT COMPOUNDS; COMBUSTION; ECOLOGY; FUELS; IGNITION; PHOTOACOUSTIC EFFECT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SMOKE; STANDARDS; SURFACES; TESTING; THERMOCHEMISTRY; VARIATIONAL TECHNIQUES;

(1 1 0) SURFACE; (I ,J) CONDITIONS; AIR FLOW RATES; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE (ANOVA) METHOD; CALCULATED VALUES; COMBUSTION DYNAMICS; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DISCRETE VARIABLES; ELSEVIER (CO); FLAMING COMBUSTION; FORCED FLOWS; FOREST FLOORS; GLOBAL FIRE; HEAT OF COMBUSTION (HOC); HEAT RELEASE RATE (HRR); MASS LOSS RATE (MLR); MEDITERRANEAN ECOSYSTEM; ON FLOW; PEAK HEAT RELEASE RATE (PHRR); PINE NEEDLES; POROUS PROPERTIES; SAMPLE HOLDERS; SURFACE-TO-VOLUME (S/V) RATIO; SYSTEMATIC (CO); TIME TO IGNITION (TTI); TRANSPORT PROCESSES; WILDLAND FIRES; WILDLAND FUELS;

LEAKAGE (FLUID);

EID: 45849130953     PISSN: 08941777     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.expthermflusci.2007.11.011     Document Type: Article

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