SOME RESEARCH PERTAINING TO THE PROBLEM OF PREDICTING THE BURNING RATE OF CELLULOSIC FUELS.

Abstract

Contents: Papers--Heat Transfer Effect in the Transient Pyrolysis of Cellulose Slabs; Some Effects of Size, Orientation, and Fuel Molecular Weight on the Burning of Fuel Soaked Wicks; The Influence of Internal Convection on the Transient Pyrolysis of Cellulose: Abstracts--Primary and Secondary Pyrolysis Effects in the Transfer of Heat and Mass in Thermally Decomposing Solids; The Effect of Size, Orientation, Thermal Diffusivity and Pyrolysis Kinetics on the Gross Mass Loss Rate and Flame Extinction of Alpha-Cellulose Cylinders Burning in Air; A Method of Calculating Thermal Diffusivity of Solids From Transient Measurements; Temperature Distributions and Thermal Decomposition Rates Calculated for Circular Cylinders of Finite Length; The Use of a Simple Porous Plug Reactor for Determining the Characteristics of the Secondary Pyrolysis Process.

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 30, 1965
Accession Number
AD0469083

Entities

People

  • Kanury A. Murty
  • Noboru Murayama
  • Perry L. Blackshear Jr.

Organizations

  • University of Minnesota

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Abstracts
  • Burning Rate
  • Cellulose
  • Chemical Reactions
  • Combustion
  • Decomposition
  • Diffusivity
  • Heat Transfer
  • Molecular Weight
  • Orientation (Direction)
  • Pyrolysis
  • Thermal Diffusivity

Readers

  • Combustion and Flow Dynamics.
  • Combustion science or combustion engineering.
  • Thermal Physics or Thermal Science.