- Author
- Rein, G. | Fernandez-Pello, A. C. | Urban, D. L.
- Title
- Computational Model of Forward and Opposed Smoldering Combustion in Microgravity.
- Coporate
- California Univ., Berkeley NASA John H. Glenn Research Center at Lewis Field, Cleveland, OH
- Report
- Volume 31; Part 2
- Book or Conf
- Combustion Institute, Symposium (International) on Combustion, 31st. Proceedings. Volume 31. Part 2. August 5-11, 2006, Combustion Institute, Pittsburgh, PA, Heidelberg, Germany, Barlow, R. S.; Sick, V.; Glarborg, P.; Yetter, R. A., Editors, 2677-2684 p., 2007
- Keywords
- combustion | fire research | microgravity | smoldering combustion | equations | polyurethane foams | kientics | porous media | reaction kinetics | temperature profiles
- Identifiers
- predicting both forward and opposed propagation; one-dimensional, transient, governing equations for smoldering combustion in a porous fuel; heterogeneous chemistry; polyurethane chemical kinetics; model of smoldering ignition and propagation; pore and fiber diameters measured from SEM photograph; Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM); value of the most important parameters used in the model