Detailed measurements are performed to examine the heterogeneous processes that occur
within the solid fuel during the combustion of biomass. Specifically, the pyrolysis, char …

To effectively prevent and control smoldering fires in underground coalmines, the forward
propagation of the smoldering process was investigated for three types of coals with different …

Wood burning contributes to indoor and ambient particulate matter (PM) pollution and has
been associated with increased morbidity and mortality. Here, we present an integrated …

Cotton is the most widely used natural textile fiber for human beings, and fire safety during
transportation, storage, and manufacturing is of great significance. This work investigated …

Biomass fuels in large storage units are prone to self-heating and ignition causing
smoldering fires. Here, the susceptibility of such ignition processes to parameters is …

Opposed to piloted ignition, where a substance is ignited by an external flame or spark, the
term auto-ignition describes the onset of combustion by spontaneous ignition without an …

The evolution of smoldering fires in biomass stored in lab-scale silos with additional fuel
material supplied repeatedly, has been studied. The direct effects of the added material on …

Piled smouldering has great potential for treatment and utilization of biomass wastes.
However, its unsteady-state nature limits its industrial utilization, as well as treatment of …

Aiming at improving the design of wood pellet stoves and boilers, we developed original
experiments to study chemical and physical processes occurring in a single pellet. We …

Biomass fuels are expected to play an important role in future energy consumption.
Meanwhile, the fire and explosion of biomass are the have-to-face problems in its …