Citation

Leoni E, Tomi P, Khoumeri B, Balbi N, Bernardini AF. J. Fire Sci. 2001; 19(5): 379-397.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2001, SAGE Publishing)

DOI

10.1106/QBDC-5VH2-U5X2-FUF7

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

Fire behaviour prediction models, required for controlling wild-land fires, can be calculated from a mathematical approach, taking the thermal and chemical properties of forest fuels into account. To improve and extend applications ofthe model, we need a better understanding ofthe different phenomena involved in the thermal decomposition of forest fuels. Three steps have been observed during thermal degradation of Pinus pinaster needles: dehydration, oxidization of evolved gases and char combustion. Kinetic parameters of the first step were determined from DSC curves using various known methods which enable the determination of activation energy, pre-exponential Arrhenius factor and order of reaction.

Language: en