Abstract
The heat transfer rate to forest fuels ahead of a flaming fire front is highly variable over the interval of time required to preheat the fuels. An analytical function was derived which permitted inclusion of this varying transfer rate in the calculation of temperature rise for forest fuels.
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Fosberg, M.A. Prediction of prepyrolysis temperature rise in dead forest fuels. Fire Technol 9, 182–188 (1973). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02624775
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02624775