Characterization of Laboratory-Scale Fires Propagating Under the Effect of a Long-Term Retardant
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Abstract
Laboratory experiments were conducted in straw fuel beds in order to characterize the
effect of a widely used long-term retardant on fire behavior under different conditions: no slope–no wind, upslope–no wind, and no slope–upwind. The results are reported in terms of reduction factors for a set of variables characterizing fire behavior. In the experimental conditions the values of upslope–no-wind and no-slope–upwind fires showed no statistically significant differences from those of no-slope–no-wind fires. For all types of fire, values
obtained for the reduction factors on rate of spread, fuel consumption ratio, fire intensity, and flame length were 63%, 36%, 77%, and 54%, respectively.
CitationÀgueda, A. [et al.]. Characterization of Laboratory-Scale Fires Propagating Under the Effect of a Long-Term Retardant. "Combustion science and technology", 2010, vol. 182, núm. 8, p. 1083-1103.
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