Summative and Ultimate Analysis of Live Leaves from Southern U.S. Forest Plants for Use in Fire Modeling
| Autor: | Frederick Matt, David R. Weise, Mark A. Dietenberger |
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| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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Biomass (ecology)
Moisture Agroforestry business.industry General Chemical Engineering Mass closure Energy Engineering and Power Technology 02 engineering and technology Standard methods 021001 nanoscience & nanotechnology Renewable energy Fuel Technology 020401 chemical engineering Summative assessment Plant species Environmental science 0204 chemical engineering 0210 nano-technology business AKA |
| Zdroj: | Energy & Fuels. 34:4703-4720 |
| ISSN: | 1520-5029 0887-0624 |
| Popis: | Laboratory derived composition and pyrolysis data are essential inputs for the modeling of fire behavior. Recently, fire research has focused on live fuels including living wood and leaves which exhibit sharp differences in moisture levels and chemical composition as compared to dead fuels. These leaf components have fuel properties which function in the spread of wildfire and must be considered in order to produce nuanced predictive models that reflect real life conditions. The goal of this study was to assemble a suite of methods that would achieve summative mass closure for analysis of live leaves from 12 tree and plant species from the southeastern United States (consisting of broadleaves, conifers, grasses and palmettos). Most of the procedures used were adapted from standard methods commonly used for biomass analysis at the Forest Products Laboratory (FPL), National Renewable Energy Lab (NREL) and others. A mass closure (aka mass balance) of 95 to 100 % was achieved for 10 of the 12 species... |
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