- Author
- Baum, H. R. | Kashiwagi, T. | DiBlasi, C.
- Title
- Radiative Ignition of Solid Fuels in a Microgravitry Environment--The Preheating Problem.
- Coporate
- National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD University di Napoli, Italy
- Book or Conf
- Combustion Institute/Eastern States Section. Chemical and Physical Processes in Combustion. 1988 Technical Meeting. December 5-7, 1988, Clearwater Beach, FL, 79/1-4 p., 1988
- Keywords
- microgravity | solid fuels | heating | ignition
- Abstract
- Ignition by external thermal radiation and the subsequent development of a spreading flame are processes that not only are of considerable scientific interest but which also have fire safety applications. These processes are complicated by strong coupling between chemical reactions and transport processes not only in the gas phase but also in the condensed phase. Although the fundamental process involved in radiative auto-ignition have been suggested, there have been no definitive experimental or modeling studies due to the complexity created by gravity. This is especially severe for the transition to a spreading flame.