Numerical Analysis of Effective Conditions of Chemical Reaction Suppression during Typical Forest Fuel Material Combustion

Abstract:

Three typical solution schemes of adjoint problems of heat transfer, phase transformations and chemical reaction at the forest fuel material surface were analyzed in this work. Characteristic times of thermal decomposition reaction suppression of forest fuel materials (needles of pine and fir-tree, leaves of birch) were presented for concerned heat transfer models. Effective heat exchange conditions which are characterized by minimal times of chemical reaction suppression in forest fuel materials and minimal extinguishing agent's expenditure were established.

• Periodical: Applied Mechanics and Materials (Volume 692)
• Pages: 267-271
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMM.692.267
• Online since: November 2014
• Authors: Alena O. Zhdanova*, Genii V. Kuznetsov, Pavel A. Strizhak
• Keywords: Droplet, Film, Fire Fighting, Forest Fuel Material, Water, Water Vapor

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