Computations on the coupled heat and mass transfer during fires in bulk materials, coal deposits and waste dumps
Krause, U., Schmidt, M., Lohrer, C.
Federal Institute for Materials Research and Testing (BAM), Division II.2 “Reactive Substances and systems”, Berlin, Germany
Self-ignition in a coal seam in China
In porous combustible matter low-rate oxidation takes place at ambient conditions. In large stockpiles of bulk goods, coal heaps, waste dumps etc. it may occur that the heat released by the oxidation reaction is not fully transmitted to the surroundings but raises the temperature within the deposit. This triggers a positive feed-back loop since the oxidation rate increases with temperature. The current paper presents numerical simulations on self-ignition and fire propagation scenarios during storage of different coal and coal wastes at varying ambient conditions.
