17 November 2016 2 2K Report

I am looking for a simple empirical fire model that includes the general principles. A fire is controlled by the presence of fuel, supply air and heat from the flame causing pyrolysis for solid fuel and evaporation for liquid fuel, see figure.

As a consequence, a fire (size or growth) may be controlled by limiting air supply, removing fuel or cooling. I found several papers on numerical analysis of pyrolysis for specific fuels including detailed chemistry, but I am interested in a more empirical approach that is applicable in a more general way.

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