Interactive comment on “Water vapor release from biofuel combustion” by R. S. Parmar et al
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This is a clear and well written paper that provides a detailed account of laboratory experiments of water vapor release from a collection of different biomass fuel types. The results from 16 experiments conducted in a combustion chamber show the amount of water vapor released as a ratio to the CO/CO2 combustion efficiency. This paper provides a nice contribution to the fire sciences community as this data are limited. Overall, this paper is acceptable for publication in its present form, but there are a few minor comments that should be addressed.
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Water vapor release from biofuel combustion
Water vapor release from biofuel combustion R. S. Parmar, M. Welling, M. O. Andreae, and G. Helas Max Planck Institute for Chemistry, Biogeochemistry Department, P. O. Box 3060, 55020 Mainz, Germany now at: IIMT Engineering College, Department of Applied Science, Meerut – 250001 (UP), India Received: 25 January 2008 – Accepted: 6 February 2008 – Published: 4 March 2008 Correspondence to: G. Hel...
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