Can rain suppress smoldering peat fire?

S Lin, YK Cheung, Y Xiao, X Huang - Science of the Total Environment, 2020 - Elsevier
Smoldering wildfire in peatlands contributes significantly to global carbon emissions and
regional haze events. Smoldering fire in peatlands is one of the largest and most persistent …

Understanding the environmental impacts of peatland fires: Optical density, gas emissions and airflow effects

P Palamba - International Journal of Environmental …, 2024 - inderscienceonline.com
Indonesia boasts expansive peatlands, mainly situated in Sumatra, Kalimantan, and Papua
islands. Peatlands play a critical role in maintaining hydrological balance and serving as …

Smoldering characteristics of high bulk density peat

GC Krieger Filho, P Bufacchi, F Costa, EV Cortez… - Proceedings of the …, 2021 - Elsevier
Low-density peats from many countries have long been studied by many authors. They are
mostly forest and moss peats. Different peat types, from different locations in the world, may …

Field Experimental Investigations on the performance of an environmentally friendly soap-based firefighting agent on indonesian peat fire

T Kanyama, N Fukuda, K Uezu, T Kawahara - Fire Technology, 2023 - Springer
Peat fires contribute to global warming and environmental destruction. Once ignited, the fires
tend to spread deep, underground and are difficult to extinguish using solely water. Mixtures …

A Laboratory-Scale Study of Peat Fire Life-cycle Using Integrated Experimental Rig

H Mulyasih, BF Muhammad, RA Nugroho… - Thermochimica …, 2022 - Elsevier
The phenomenon of peat fires has been studied by many researchers around the world on a
laboratory scale. Transporting peat soil from the field to the laboratory, adapting research …

Experimental study of 1-D downward-opposed smoldering combustion of tropical peat and effect of excess air on the transition from smoldering to flaming

P Palamba, AS Werdhani - Thermal Science, 2023 - doiserbia.nb.rs
This research is conducted to study the effect of air flow rate to the smoldering combustion
dynamics and transition to flaming. Test is done using peat extracted from Papua Provinces …

[PDF][PDF] Mapping degraded area for tropical peatland revegetation using forest canopy density model Landsat 8 OLI-TIRS in Central Kalimantan, Indonesia

Y Aguswan, S Gumiri, RM Sukarna… - Environ. Nat. Resour …, 2022 - ph02.tci-thaijo.org
Peatland rehabilitation in Indonesia has been massively carried out since 2016 following a
huge fire event in 2015. Rehabilitation efforts have so far focused only on burned areas …

Experimental investigation of smoldering combustion of tropical peat layer under stratified moisture content

P Palamba, ML Ramadhan, LR Perdana… - The Proceedings of 11th …, 2020 - Springer
Considerable amount of experiments regarding smoldering combustion of peat had been
conducted through various methods of experiment, modeling, and field study, with factors …

[PDF][PDF] Detecting peat degradation using low altitude remote sensing technologies

MP Chauke - 2021 - wiredspace.wits.ac.za
Peatlands are rare and unique in South Africa; they occur in patches and stripes at the valley
bottom. They are mostly found in the wet eastern and southern parts of the country and are …