- Author
- Atreya, A. | Wichman, I. S.
- Title
- Heat and Mass Transfer During Piloted Ignition of Cellulosic Solids.
- Coporate
- Michigan State Univ., East Lansing
- Journal
- Journal of Heat Transfer, Vol. 111, 719-725, August 1989
- Sponsor
- National Bureau of Standards, Gaithersburg, MD
- Contract
- NBS-GRANT-60NANB5D0578
- Book or Conf
- American Society of Mechanical Engineers and Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers. Proceedings of the 1987 ASME-JSME Thermal Engineering Joint Conference. Volume 1. March 22-27, 1987, American Society of Mechanical Engineers, New York, Honolulu, HI, Marto, P. J.; Tanasawa, I., Editors, 433-440 p., 1989
- Keywords
- heat transfer | mass transfer | ignition | cellulosic materials | wood
- Identifiers
- ignition and flame spread; analytical models
- Abstract
- This study presents the results of an experimental and theoretical investigation into heat and mass transfer processes that occur during piloted ignition of cellulosic materials. The experiments were conducted on both horizontal and vertical samples of thick pieces of wood initially at ambient temperature. The time required to ignite the sample in the presence of a pilot flame and the surface temperature-time history of the sample were recorded.