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Author
Wasan, S. R. | Rauwoens, P. | Vierendeels, J. | Merci, B.
Title
Enthalpy-Based Pyrolysis Model for Charring and Non-Charring Materials in Case of Fire.
Coporate
Ghent University-UGent, Sint-Pietersnieuwstraat-41, B-9000 Ghent, Belgium
Journal
Combustion and Flame, Vol. 157, No. 4, 715-734, April 2010
Keywords
charring | pyrolysis | enthalpy | flame spread | simulation | computational fluid dynamics | vapor phases | temperature | turbulent combustion | thermodynamics | equations | heat flux | evaporation | temperature fields | mass flow | flow rate | polymethyacrylate
Identifiers
multi-dimensional solid-phase treatments; relation with existing pyrolysis models; conductive fluxes; enthalpy as a function of temperature and composition; motion of the front; inversion of the constraints to determine temperature and fronts' position; zeroth order temperature field representation; effect of number of cells on maximum mass flow rate value; effect of time step size on maximum mass flow rate value; Partial Differential Equations (PDE); mass equations for the constituents; motion of pyrolysis front and evaporation front