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Author
Sardoy, N. | Conslalvi, J. L. | Porterie, B. | Fernandez-Pello, A. C.
Title
Modeling Transport and Combustion of Firebrands From Burning Trees.
Coporate
IUSTI/UMR CNRS 6595, Marseille cedex 13, France California Univ., Berkeley
Journal
Combustion and Flame, Vol. 150, No. 3, 151-169, August 2007
Keywords
fire brands | combustion | forestry | thermal degradation | burning rate | fire plumes | wind velocity | buoyant plumes | fire models | equations | vapor phases | enthalpy | soot formation | pyrolysis | validation | experiments | forest fires | solid phases
Identifiers
spotting; lofting; summary of the key equations expressed in the generic form; firebrand properties and thermokinetic constants; initial and boundary conditions for the gas phase; solid phase properties (Ponderosa pine needles) used in the fire model