Combustion of material of different sizes in ground fires in tropical forests

• Grant number: 98/00104-9
• Support Opportunities: Regular Research Grants
• Start date: May 01, 1998
• End date: March 31, 2008
• Field of knowledge: Engineering - Mechanical Engineering - Thermal Engineering
• Principal Investigator: João Andrade de Carvalho Junior
• Grantee: João Andrade de Carvalho Junior
• Host Institution: Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais (INPE). Ministério da Ciência, Tecnologia e Inovação (Brasil). São José dos Campos , SP, Brazil

Abstract

The objectives of the project are: to investigate in the field and in the laboratory the characteristics of flameless combustion (incandescence/smoldering) oftrunks of Brazilian biomass; to investigate in the field the limits of flammability of the forest adjacent to na area of biomass burning; to investigate in the field the combustion efficiency of burning biomass. (AU)

Scientific publications

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(References retrieved automatically from Web of Science and SciELO through information on FAPESP grants and their corresponding numbers as mentioned in the publications by the authors)

CARVALHO, JR., J. A.; GURGEL VERAS, C. A.; ALVARADO, E. C.; SANDBERG, D. V.; LEITE, S. J.; GIELOW, R.; RABELO, E. R. C.; SANTOS, J. C.. Understorey fire propagation and tree mortality on adjacent areas to an Amazonian deforestation fire. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF WILDLAND FIRE, v. 19, n. 6, p. 795-799, 2010. (98/00104-9)

RABELO‚ ERC; VERAS‚ CAG; CARVALHO‚ JA; ALVARADO‚ EC; SANDBERG‚ DV; SANTOS‚ JC. Log smoldering after an Amazonian deforestation fire. Atmospheric Environment, v. 38, n. 2, p. 203-211, 2004. (98/00104-9)

CARVALHO‚ E.R.; GURGEL VERAS‚ C.A.; CARVALHOJR‚ J.A.. Experimental investigation of smouldering in biomass. BIOMASS & BIOENERGY, v. 22, n. 4, p. 283-294, 2002. (98/00104-9)

D'OLIVEIRA, M. V. N.; ALVARADO, E. C.; SANTOS, J. C.; CARVALHO, JR., J. A.. Forest natural regeneration and biomass production after slash and burn in a seasonally dry forest in the Southern Brazilian Amazon. FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT, v. 261, n. 9, p. 1490-1498, MAY 1 2011. (98/00104-9)

SOARES NETO, T. G.; CARVALHO, JR., J. A.; VERAS, C. A. G.; ALVARADO, E. C.; GIELOW, R.; LINCOLN, E. N.; CHRISTIAN, T. J.; YOKELSON, R. J.; SANTOS, J. C.. Biomass consumption and CO2, CO and main hydrocarbon gas emissions in an Amazonian forest clearing fire. Atmospheric Environment, v. 43, n. 2, p. 438-446, JAN 2009. (98/00104-9, 02/08964-4)