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Abbreviations
- FMC :
-
Fuel moisture content \( FMC=\frac{m_{\mathrm{moisture}}}{m_{\mathrm{dry}\ \mathrm{fuel}}} \)
- ϕ :
-
Void fraction
- A :
-
Area
- c f :
-
Specific heat capacity of the solid
- ρ f :
-
Density of solid fuel
- \( {\dot{\omega}}_{p,i}^{\prime \prime \prime } \) :
-
Rate of consumption by ith pyrolysis reaction
- Δhp, i:
-
Energy absorbed or released by ith pyrolysis reaction
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Urban, J.L., Fernandez-Pello, A.C. (2018). Ignition. In: Manzello, S. (eds) Encyclopedia of Wildfires and Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI) Fires. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-51727-8_61-1
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