The present paper considers, on the basis of the available data and experimental studies, a variant of deepening of the combustion site with account for the botanical composition.
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Translated from Inzhenerno-Fizicheskii Zhurnal, Vol. 86, No. 5, pp. 937–942, September–October, 2013.
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Grishin, A.M., Zima, V.P. & Kasymov, D.P. On the deepening mechanism of the site of peat combustion. J Eng Phys Thermophy 86, 996–1001 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10891-013-0920-1
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