Smoldering combustion

SFPE Handbook of Fire Protection Engineering, Fifth Edition

Volumn , Issue , 2016, Pages 581-603

  Rein, Guillermo ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; COAL DEPOSITS; COMBUSTION; PEAT; SPACE FLIGHT;

COMBUSTION PHENOMENA; FLAMELESS; LOW TEMPERATURES; POLYURETHANE FOAM; RESIDENTIAL FIRES; SAFETY CONCERNS; SMOLDERING COMBUSTION;

COAL COMBUSTION;

EID: 84957004100     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4939-2565-0_19     Document Type: Chapter

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