@article{ref1,
title="Steady behaviour of long duration in the spontaneous heating of a bituminous coal",
journal="Journal of fire sciences",
year="1996",
author="Jones, J. C.",
volume="14",
number="2",
pages="159-166",
abstract="So-called steady state behaviour in laboratory scale self-heating of solid substrates such as carbons and cellulosics has rarely if ever been truly steady, but has displayed a maximum in the temperature history. This is due to volatiles and/or to porosity. In this paper it is argued that the self-heating of a bituminous coal will, at the temperatures concerned, be free from these effects and will therefore display genuinely steady behaviour. This assertion is tested by experimental work on a Scottish bituminous coal, in which sustained steady behaviour is indeed observed, with a heat release rate calculated to be approximate to 3 kW m(-3).<p />",
language="en",
issn="0734-9041",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}