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Type: Journal Article
Author(s): Sayaka Suzuki; Samuel L. Manzello
Publication Date: 2020

Large outdoor fires are one of the prominent fire problems in the world. Spot fires, caused by firebrands, are known as a key mechanism of rapid fire spread. Firebrands ignite unburned fuels far ahead of the fire front. In large outdoor fires, firebrands are thought to accumulate and ignite unburned fuel which cannot be ignited by a single firebrand. Experiments are performed to investigate the ignition behavior of fuel beds with changing fuel moisture content (FMC) and wind speed. It was found that accumulated firebrands could cause ignitions on fuel beds with high FMC and the upper limit of FMC for ignition increased from 6 m/s to 8 m/s.

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Citation: Suzuki, Sayaka; Manzello, Samuel L. 2020. Role of accumulation for ignition of fuel beds by firebrands. Applications in Energy and Combustion Science 1-4:100002.

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Keywords:
  • accumulation
  • firebrand
  • firebrands
  • fuel beds
  • fuel moisture content
  • heat transfer
  • ignition
  • laboratory fires
  • spot fires
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FRAMES Record Number: 61558