Modeling Drying of Degenerated Calluna vulgaris for Wildfire and Prescribed Burning Risk Assessment
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
3. Results and Discussion
3.1. Drying Test Results
3.2. Variation in Recorded Diffusion Coefficients
3.3. Numerical Modeling Results
3.4. Future Possibilities
4. Conclusions
Funding
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
Appendix A. (Theory and Model Description)
Appendix A.1. Water Vapor Concentration in Air
Appendix A.2. Wooden Fuel Equilibrium Moisture Content (EMC)
Appendix A.3. Transport of Humidity in Dead Calluna Stems and Branches
Appendix A.4. Numerical Model for the Drying Process
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Test Specimen | Location | (mm) | (mm) | (m2/s) |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Haugesund 1 | 6.01 ± 0.66 | 129 | 4.73 × 10−11 |
2 | Haugesund 1 | 5.47 ± 0.50 | 157 | 4.35 × 10−11 |
3 | Haugesund 1 | 6.90 ± 0.46 | 160 | 8.96 × 10−11 |
4 | Haugesund 2 | 5.00 ± 0.54 | 160 | 2.32 × 10−11 |
5 | Haugesund 2 | 5.32 ± 0.59 | 132 | 1.78 × 10−11 |
6 | Haugesund 2 | 6.07 ± 0.60 | 130 | 10.4 × 10−11 |
7 | Nerlandsøy 1 | 5.48 ± 0.35 | 150 | 2.33 × 10−11 |
8 | Nerlandsøy 1 | 5.21 ± 0.63 | 135 | 1.88 × 10−11 |
9 | Nerlandsøy 1 | 4.76 ± 0.24 | 130 | 1.66 × 10−11 |
10 | Nerlandsøy 2 | 6.45 ± 0.68 | 129 | 4.04 × 10−11 |
11 | Nerlandsøy 2 | 3.54 ± 0.66 | 130 | 3.56 × 10−11 |
12 | Nerlandsøy 2 | 6.43 ± 0.60 | 110 | 3.96 × 10−11 |
Average | - | - | 4.16 ± 2.69 × 10−11 |
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