TY  - JOUR
PY  - 1986//
TI  - Critical heat and mass transfer at pilot ignition and extinction of a material
JO  - Fire safety journal
A1  - Rasbash, D. J.
A1  - Drysdale, DD
A1  - Deepak, D
SP  - 1
EP  - 10
VL  - 10
IS  - 1
N2  - Traditionally, pilot ignition of a combustible solid is associated with a critical heat flux to the surface and a surface temperature necessary to produce the volatiles. More fundamentally, it can be interpreted in terms of a critical mass flow of volatiles sufficient to support a nascent flame capable of losing heat to the surface without the flame temperature being reduced to a value below which the flame is extinguished. Measurement of the critical mass flowrate at pilot ignition provides a method of quantifying ignition and extinction conditions in terms of basic properties of the solid and its decomposition products.<p />
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SN  - 0379-7112
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -