- Author
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Bhagat, P. M.
- Title
- Effects of Water on Wood Charcoal Combustion.
- Coporate
- Harvard Univ., Cambridge, MA
- Sponsor
- National Fire Prevention and Control Admin., Washington, DC
- Report
-
Home Fire Proj. Tech. Rpt. 22,
August 1977,
105 p.
- Contract
- GRANT-76-024
- Keywords
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combustion
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wood
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water
- Identifiers
- wood charcoal; burning characteristics
- Abstract
- The effects of moisture on the combustion of wood charcoal, which is at equilibrium with ambient room conditions, are examined. The burning characteristics of wood charcoal under "dry" (i.e. ambient humidity) conditions are determined and the chemical kinetic rate expression is obtained after accounting for modified transport characteristics through the ash layer which accumulates on the burning surface.