Skeletal and global mechanisms for the combustion of gases released by crushed forest fuels

Combustion and Flame

Volumn 156, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1565-1575

  Tihay, Virginie ^a   Santoni, Paul Antoine ^b   Simeoni, Albert ^b   Garo, Jean Pierre ^c   Vantelon, Jean Pierre ^c  

^a ENSI de Bourges   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE CORSE   (France)

^c ENSMA   (France)

Author keywords

Combustion modeling; Degradation gases; Forest fuels; Global mechanism; Laminar flame; Skeletal mechanism

Indexed keywords

COMBUSTION MODELING; FOREST FUELS; GLOBAL MECHANISM; LAMINAR FLAME; SKELETAL MECHANISM;

CARBON MONOXIDE; DEFORESTATION; DEGRADATION; FIRES; FLAMMABILITY; FORECASTING; FUELS; GAS DYNAMICS; GASES; METHANE; MODELS; NUMERICAL METHODS; SMOKE; THERMOCHEMISTRY;

COMBUSTION;

CARBON MONOXIDE; FUEL; METHANE;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; BURN; COMBUSTION; DEGRADATION KINETICS; ENERGY; FIRE; FOREST; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; OXIDATION; PHYSICAL MODEL; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; VEGETATION;

CARBON MONOXIDE; COMBUSTION; DEFORESTATION; DEGRADATION; FLAMMABILITY; FOREST FIRES; GAS; METHANE; OXIDATION; THERMOCHEMISTRY;

EID: 67649363497     PISSN: 00102180     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.combustflame.2009.05.004     Document Type: Article

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