A series of large-scale experiments were performed to measure heat transfer to a massive cylindrical calorimeter engulfed in a 30-minute circular-pool fire. The calorimeter inner surface temperature and the flame black body emissive power were measured at several locations as functions of time. An inverse conduction technique was used to determine the net heat flux to the calorimeter. Light win...

—Disturbance events, such as fire, have a major impact on boreal forest dynamics, succession and the global carbon cycle. Methods using satellite imagery are well established for detecting forest fires in real time and mapping the burned area (fire scars) within one year of the fire. This paper focuses on the detection of older fire disturbance-regeneration patterns in the boreal forests of Can...

Due to the flammability and explosion characteristics of the propane vapor cloud, a nearby propane tank farm could possibly present a significant risk to the operation of nuclear power plants. Accidental releases of propane may occur in the propane supply pipeline, at the propane storage tanks, or on the propane transportation routes due to propane transport trailer truck accidents. Loss of con...

In order to study the effect of rolling amplitude on heat release aviation kerosene, an experimental oil pool was designed. The frequency used as a fixed amount. amplitudes were 0, 15°, 30° and 45°, respectively. initial thickness kerosene 0.646 mm, 1.291 mm 1.940 results show that rate increases significantly with increase amplitude, total swing amplitude. When relatively thin, upward trend no...

Biomass burning produces black carbon (BC), effectively transferring a fraction of the biomass C from an actively cycling pool to a passive C pool, which may be stored in the soil. Yet the timescales and mechanisms for incorporation of BC into the soil profile are not well understood. The High Park fire (HPF), which occurred in northwestern Colorado in the summer of 2012, provided an opportunit...

The aim of this paper was to study the suppression influence water mist on oil pool fires, taking diesel fires and n-heptane as experimental objects. effects spray pressure temperature were examined, an platform for in a small space set up. Their fire prevention performance extinguishing mechanisms analyzed by comparing flame time fire. Three types set. Water designed at different temperatures ...

High-latitude regions store large amounts of organic carbon (OC) in active-layer soils and permafrost, accounting for nearly half of the global belowground OC pool. In the boreal region, recent warming has promoted changes in the fire regime, which may exacerbate rates of permafrost thaw and alter soil OC dynamics in both organic and mineral soil. We examined how interactions between fire and p...

Environmental filtering—abiotic and biotic constraints on the demographic performance of individual organisms—is a widespread mechanism of selection in communities. A given individual is “filtered out” (i.e., selectively removed) when environmental conditions or disturbances like fires preclude its survival and reproduction. Although interactions between these filters and dispersal from the reg...