Experimental study of the emissivity of flames resulting from the combustion of forest fuels

International Journal of Thermal Sciences

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 543-554

  Agueda A ^a   Pastor, E ^a   Perez Y ^a   Planas, E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Extinction coefficient; Flame transmissivity; Forest fires; Heat flux transducer; Infrared thermography; Long term retardants; Radiation

Indexed keywords

EXTINCTION COEFFICIENTS; FOREST FIRES; INFRARED THERMOGRAPHY; LONG-TERM RETARDANTS; TRANSMISSIVITY;

DEFORESTATION; DISASTERS; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE EMISSION; FIRES; FLAME RETARDANTS; FLAMMABILITY; FUELS; HEAT EXCHANGERS; HEAT FLUX; HEAT TRANSFER; PIEZOELECTRIC TRANSDUCERS; REMOTE SENSING; THERMOGRAPHY (IMAGING); THERMOGRAPHY (TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT);

COMBUSTION;

COMBUSTION; DEFORESTATION; DISASTERS; FOREST FIRES; FUELS; HEAT EXCHANGERS; HEAT TRANSFER; INFRARED RADIATION; REMOTE SENSING; RETARDANTS; THERMOGRAPHY;

EID: 70849088610     PISSN: 12900729     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijthermalsci.2009.09.006     Document Type: Article

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