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Buoyancy production rates for a pure heat source and for a fire heat source of burning woody fuels show that fire may be regarded as a pure source yielding heated air rather than heated combustion products.
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Byram, G.M., Nelson, R.M. Buoyancy characteristics of a fire heat source. Fire Technol 10, 68–79 (1974). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02590513
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