Document

Title

Backfire particulate emissions and Byram's fire intensity
Document Type: Report
Author(s): Ralph M. Nelson Jr.; Darold E. Ward
Publication Year: 1980

Cataloging Information

Keyword(s):
  • backfire
  • emission factor models
  • emission factors
  • fire intensity
  • fuel moisture
  • fuel types
  • Ilex glabra
  • particulates
  • PM - particulate matter
  • Serenoa repens
  • smoke management
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Description

Particulate-matter emission factors and Byram's fire-intensity values were computed for experimental backfires in pine-litter and palmetto-gallberry fuels in the Southeast. The combined data for both fuel types were in reasonable agreement with the theoretical prediction that emission factor is inversely proportional to the cube root of Byram's fire intensity. Whether the low coefficient of determination (r2 = 0.56) was due to the influence of additional variables on emission factors or to experimental error has not been determined.

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Citation:
Nelson Jr., Ralph M.; Ward, Darold E. 1980. Backfire particulate emissions and Byram's fire intensity. Research Note SE-RN-290. Asheville, NC: USDA Forest Service, Southeastern Forest Experiment Station. 6 p.