Reducing the Burden of Smouldering Megafires: an Earth-Scale Challenge

Project Information

HAZE

Grant agreement ID: 682587

DOI

10.3030/682587

Project closed

EC signature date 4 April 2016

Start date 1 May 2016

End date 30 April 2022

Funded under

• EXCELLENT SCIENCE - European Research Council (ERC)

Total cost

€ 1 958 900,00

EU contribution

€ 1 958 900,00

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IMPERIAL COLLEGE OF SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY AND MEDICINE
United Kingdom

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Publications

Peer reviewed articles (19)

A multi-step reaction scheme to simulate self-heating ignition of coal: Effects of oxygen adsorption and smouldering combustion

Author(s): Han Yuan, Franz Richter, Guillermo Rein
Published in: Proceedings of the Combustion Institute, 2020, ISSN 1540-7489
Publisher: Combustion Institute
DOI: 10.1016/j.proci.2020.07.016

Experimental study of moisture content effects on the transient gas and particle emissions from peat fires

Author(s): Yuqi Hu, Eirik G. Christensen, Hafiz M.F. Amin, Thomas E.L. Smith, Guillermo Rein
Published in: Combustion and Flame, Issue 209, 2019, Page(s) 408-417, ISSN 0010-2180
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.combustflame.2019.07.046

Influence of soil conditions on the multidimensional spread of smouldering combustion in shallow layers

Author(s): Eirik G Christensen, Nieves Fernandez-Anez, Guillermo Rein
Published in: Combustion and Flame, Issue 214, 2020, Page(s) 361-370, ISSN 0010-2180
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.combustflame.2019.11.001

Spatially resolved horizontal spread in smouldering peat combining infrared and visual diagnostics

Author(s): Hafiz M.F. Amin, Yuqi Hu, Guillermo Rein
Published in: Combustion and Flame, Issue 220, 2020, Page(s) 328-336, ISSN 0010-2180
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.combustflame.2020.06.039

Using cellular automata to simulate field-scale flaming and smouldering wildfires in tropical peatlands

Author(s): Dwi M J Purnomo, Matthew Bonner, Samaneh Moafi, Guillermo Rein
Published in: Proceedings of the Combustion Institute, 2020, ISSN 1540-7489
Publisher: Combustion Institute
DOI: 10.1016/j.proci.2020.08.052

Haze emissions from smouldering peat: The roles of inorganic content and bulk density

Author(s): Yuqi Hu, Wuquan Cui, Guillermo Rein
Published in: Fire Safety Journal, Issue 113, 2020, Page(s) 102940, ISSN 0379-7112
Publisher: Pergamon Press Ltd.
DOI: 10.1016/j.firesaf.2019.102940

Laboratory study on the suppression of smouldering peat wildfires: effects of flow rate and wetting agent

Author(s): Muhammad A. Santoso, Wuquan Cui, Hafiz M. F. Amin, Eirik G. Christensen, Yulianto S. Nugroho, Guillermo Rein
Published in: International Journal of Wildland Fire, 2021, ISSN 1049-8001
Publisher: Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization Publishing
DOI: 10.1071/wf20117

Reduced chemical kinetics for microscale pyrolysis of softwood and hardwood

Author(s): Franz Richter, Guillermo Rein
Published in: Bioresource Technology, Issue 301, 2020, Page(s) 122619, ISSN 0960-8524
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2019.122619

Pyrolysis kinetics and multi-objective inverse modelling of cellulose at the microscale

Author(s): Franz Richter, Guillermo Rein
Published in: Fire Safety Journal, Issue 91, 2017, Page(s) 191-199, ISSN 0379-7112
Publisher: Pergamon Press Ltd.
DOI: 10.1016/j.firesaf.2017.03.082

Downward spread of smouldering peat fire: the role of moisture, density and oxygen supply

Author(s): Xinyan Huang, Guillermo Rein
Published in: International Journal of Wildland Fire, Issue 26/11, 2017, Page(s) 907, ISSN 1049-8001
Publisher: Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization Publishing
DOI: 10.1071/WF16198

Self-ignition of natural fuels: Can wildfires of carbon-rich soil start by self-heating?

Author(s): Francesco Restuccia, Xinyan Huang, Guillermo Rein
Published in: Fire Safety Journal, Issue 91, 2017, Page(s) 828-834, ISSN 0379-7112
Publisher: Pergamon Press Ltd.
DOI: 10.1016/j.firesaf.2017.03.052

Fine Particle Emissions From Tropical Peat Fires Decrease Rapidly With Time Since Ignition

Author(s): C. Roulston, C. Paton-Walsh, T. E. L. Smith, É.-A. Guérette, S. Evers, C. M. Yule, G. Rein, G. R. Van der Werf
Published in: Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, Issue 123/10, 2018, Page(s) 5607-5617, ISSN 2169-897X
Publisher: AGU
DOI: 10.1029/2017JD027827

Heterogeneous kinetics of timber charring at the microscale

Author(s): Franz Richter, Guillermo Rein
Published in: Journal of Analytical and Applied Pyrolysis, Issue 138, 2019, Page(s) 1-9, ISSN 0165-2370
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaap.2018.11.019

A computational model to simulate self-heating ignition across scales, configurations, and coal origins

Author(s): Han Yuan, Francesco Restuccia, Franz Richter, Guillermo Rein
Published in: Fuel, Issue 236, 2019, Page(s) 1100-1109, ISSN 0016-2361
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.fuel.2018.09.065

The Role of Heat Transfer Limitations in Polymer Pyrolysis at the Microscale

Author(s): Franz Richter, Guillermo Rein
Published in: Frontiers in Mechanical Engineering, Issue 4, 2018, ISSN 2297-3079
Publisher: Frontiers
DOI: 10.3389/fmech.2018.00018

Upward-and-downward spread of smoldering peat fire

Author(s): Xinyan Huang, Guillermo Rein
Published in: Proceedings of the Combustion Institute, Issue 37/3, 2019, Page(s) 4025-4033, ISSN 1540-7489
Publisher: Combustion Institute
DOI: 10.1016/j.proci.2018.05.125

Transient gas and particle emissions from smouldering combustion of peat

Author(s): Yuqi Hu, Eirik Christensen, Francesco Restuccia, Guillermo Rein
Published in: Proceedings of the Combustion Institute, Issue 37/3, 2019, Page(s) 4035-4042, ISSN 1540-7489
Publisher: Combustion Institute
DOI: 10.1016/j.proci.2018.06.008

Review of emissions from smouldering peat fires and their contribution to regional haze episodes

Author(s): Yuqi Hu, Nieves Fernandez-Anez, Thomas E. L. Smith, Guillermo Rein
Published in: International Journal of Wildland Fire, Issue 27/5, 2018, Page(s) 293, ISSN 1049-8001
Publisher: Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization Publishing
DOI: 10.1071/wf17084

Influence of wind and slope on multidimensional smouldering peat fires

Author(s): Eirik G. Christensen, Yuqi Hu, Dwi M.J. Purnomo, Guillermo Rein
Published in: Proceedings of the Combustion Institute, 2020, ISSN 1540-7489
Publisher: Combustion Institute
DOI: 10.1016/j.proci.2020.06.128

Other (1)

Gpyro Workbook on Pyrolysis & Smouldering Problems

Author(s): Huan, Yan; Huang, Xinyan; Rein, Guillermo
Published in: 2018
Publisher: Imperial College London
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.1212540