A Simple Technique to Estimate the Flammability Index of Moroccan Forest Fuels
A formula to estimate forest fuel flammability index (FI) is proposed, integrating three species flammability parameters: time to ignition, time of combustion, and flame height. Thirty-one (31) Moroccan tree and shrub species were tested within a wide range of fuel moisture contents. Six species fla...
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| author | M'Hamed Hachmi Abdessadek Sesbou Hassan Benjelloun Nesrine El Handouz Fadoua Bouanane |
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| description | A formula to estimate forest fuel flammability index (FI) is proposed, integrating three species flammability parameters: time to ignition, time of combustion, and flame height. Thirty-one (31) Moroccan tree and shrub species were tested within a wide range of fuel moisture contents. Six species flammability classes were identified. An ANOVA of the FI-values was performed and analyzed using four different sample sizes of 12, 24, 36, and 50 flammability tests. Fuel humidity content is inversely correlated to the FI-value, and the linear model appears to be the most adequate equation that may predict the hypothetical threshold-point of humidity of extinction. Most of the Moroccan forest fuels studied are classified as moderately flammable to flammable species based on their average humidity content, calculated for the summer period from July to September. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-d9f195cfe7d949c681cec40fe0f8c5592025-02-03T01:26:42ZengWileyJournal of Combustion2090-19682090-19762011-01-01201110.1155/2011/263531263531A Simple Technique to Estimate the Flammability Index of Moroccan Forest FuelsM'Hamed Hachmi0Abdessadek Sesbou1Hassan Benjelloun2Nesrine El Handouz3Fadoua Bouanane4Ecole Nationale Forestière d'Ingénieurs, BP 511, Tabriquet, Salé 11015, MoroccoEcole Nationale Forestière d'Ingénieurs, BP 511, Tabriquet, Salé 11015, MoroccoEcole Nationale Forestière d'Ingénieurs, BP 511, Tabriquet, Salé 11015, MoroccoEcole Nationale Forestière d'Ingénieurs, BP 511, Tabriquet, Salé 11015, MoroccoFaculté des Sciences Rabat, Université Mohamed V, Agdal, Rabat, MoroccoA formula to estimate forest fuel flammability index (FI) is proposed, integrating three species flammability parameters: time to ignition, time of combustion, and flame height. Thirty-one (31) Moroccan tree and shrub species were tested within a wide range of fuel moisture contents. Six species flammability classes were identified. An ANOVA of the FI-values was performed and analyzed using four different sample sizes of 12, 24, 36, and 50 flammability tests. Fuel humidity content is inversely correlated to the FI-value, and the linear model appears to be the most adequate equation that may predict the hypothetical threshold-point of humidity of extinction. Most of the Moroccan forest fuels studied are classified as moderately flammable to flammable species based on their average humidity content, calculated for the summer period from July to September.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2011/263531 |
| spellingShingle | M'Hamed Hachmi Abdessadek Sesbou Hassan Benjelloun Nesrine El Handouz Fadoua Bouanane A Simple Technique to Estimate the Flammability Index of Moroccan Forest Fuels Journal of Combustion |
| title | A Simple Technique to Estimate the Flammability Index of Moroccan Forest Fuels |
| title_full | A Simple Technique to Estimate the Flammability Index of Moroccan Forest Fuels |
| title_fullStr | A Simple Technique to Estimate the Flammability Index of Moroccan Forest Fuels |
| title_full_unstemmed | A Simple Technique to Estimate the Flammability Index of Moroccan Forest Fuels |
| title_short | A Simple Technique to Estimate the Flammability Index of Moroccan Forest Fuels |
| title_sort | simple technique to estimate the flammability index of moroccan forest fuels |
| url | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2011/263531 |
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