Validation of CFD model for simulation of spontaneous ignition in bio-mass fuel storage

Fire Safety Science

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 151-162

  Yan, Zhenghua ^a   Blomqvist, Per ^b   Göransson, Ulf ^a   Holmstedt, Göran ^a   Wadsö, Lars ^a   Hees, Patrick Van ^b  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b SP TECHNICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF SWEDEN   (Sweden)

Author keywords

CFD simulation; Experiment; Spontaneous ignition

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; CONSERVATION; COPYRIGHTS; DIGITAL STORAGE; EXPERIMENTS; FUELS; POROUS MATERIALS; SAFETY ENGINEERING; SPONTANEOUS COMBUSTION;

CFD SIMULATIONS; CONTINUITY EQUATIONS; CONVECTION AND DIFFUSION; MASS CONSERVATION EQUATIONS; MEASURED TEMPERATURES; SPONTANEOUS IGNITION; TEMPERATURE HISTORY; THREE-DIMENSIONAL COMPUTER SIMULATION;

FUEL STORAGE;

EID: 80455168440     PISSN: 18174299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.3801/IAFSS.FSS.8-151     Document Type: Conference Paper

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