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Prevention and Control of Mine Fire
edited by Botao Qin, , Quanlin Shi, Zhenlu Shao and
submission deadline 15 Dec 2024 | 7 articles | Viewed by 10053 | Submission Open
Keywords: mine fire; coal spontaneous combustion; fire prevention; fire detection; airflow regulation; safety management; risk assessment; fire spread; emergency response
Pool Fire Behavior in Wind
edited by , and Tiantian Tan
submission deadline 15 Dec 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3555 | Submission Open
Keywords: pool fire; wind; gas flow; heat transfer; flame geometry
Drone Applications Supporting Fire Management
edited by
submission deadline 20 Dec 2024 | 5 articles | Viewed by 9004 | Submission Open
Keywords: drone applications; forest fire; urban fire; fire detection; fire reconnaissance; fire monitoring; post-fire monitoring; prescribed fire; fire suppression; effectiveness and efficiency
(This special issue belongs to the Section Fire Science Models, Remote Sensing, and Data)
Hydrogen Safety: Challenges and Opportunities
edited by
submission deadline 27 Dec 2024 | 8 articles | Viewed by 20047 | Submission Open
Keywords: hydrogen combustion modeling; hydrogen safety and risk assessment; hydrogen leakage; hydrogen jet fire; detonation and deflagration; hydrogen CFD modelling; hydrogen production; storage; and transport
Intelligent Fire Protection
edited by and
submission deadline 31 Dec 2024 | 6 articles | Viewed by 20345 | Submission Open
Keywords: fire science; fire protection; intelligent models; decision-making system; protection equipment; risk assessment; fire detection; AI
Pyrolysis, Ignition, Combustion and Fire Spread of Combustible Materials
edited by Mingjun Xu, and
submission deadline 31 Dec 2024 | 9 articles | Viewed by 19445 | Submission Open
Keywords: thermal response of combustible material; exterior thermal material; interior decorative material; pyrolysis and ignition of solid material; fire spread of solid material; fire safety design and optimization
Biomass-Burning submission deadline 31 Dec 2024 | 8 articles | Viewed by 19069 | Submission Open
Keywords: physico-chemical characterization; biomass-burning emissions; combustion; calorimetry; thermochemical reactions; heat transfer; ignition characteristics; energy; fossil fuel combustion; agricultural waste; biomass for fuel
Monitoring Wildfire Dynamics with Remote Sensing
edited by José M. P. do Nascimento, , Saad Dosse Bennani and Hasmath Farhana Thariq Ahmed
submission deadline 31 Dec 2024 | 4 articles | Viewed by 11532 | Submission Open
Keywords: fire detection; flames; machine learning; vegetation; satellites; LiDAR; radar; images; Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV); remote sensing
Advance in Fire Safety Science
edited by Yanyan Liu
submission deadline 31 Dec 2024 | 4 articles | Viewed by 6429 | Submission Open
Keywords: wildfire; heat; smoke; VOCs; heavy metals; PAHs; transformation; toxicity; assessment
Industrial Fires and Explosions: Risk Assessment, Prevention, Detection, Mitigation and Impact submission deadline 31 Dec 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3604 | Submission Open
Keywords: fire safety; explosion safety; risk assessment; prevention; fire detection; mitigation; impact
Advances in Thermal Energy Storage in Fire Prevention and Control
edited by
submission deadline 31 Dec 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1836 | Submission Open
Keywords: thermal energy storage; phase change material; flame retardance; fire protection; fire propagation; fire suppression; thermal runaway; electrical vehicle; critical infrastructure
Behavior of Materials in Fire
edited by Xiaoyang Yu, , Xuyang Miao and Huan Li
submission deadline 31 Dec 2024 | Viewed by 271 | Submission Open
Keywords: ignition of material; combustion of material; heat release of material; flame extinction mechanism; fire-extinguishing agents; flame retardancy; thermal response of material  
Advances in Battery Fires: Experimental and Numerical Studies
edited by
submission deadline 31 Dec 2024 | Viewed by 198 | Submission Open
Keywords: lithium-ion batteries; liquid elecrolyte; lithium anode; fire safety; thermal runaway
Solid Fuels—Analysis, Burning and Emissions submission deadline 15 Jan 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 6858 | Submission Open
Keywords: solid fuels; analysis; burning; emissions; combustion; biomass; alternative fuels; particulate matter; coal; waste
Combustion and Fire I
edited by
submission deadline 23 Jan 2025 | 6 articles | Viewed by 9348 | Submission Open
Keywords: mathematical modeling; numerical methods; empirical/theoretical models; combustion; fire; experiments and validation
Turbulent Combustion and Fire Radiation Modelling submission deadline 28 Jan 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1154 | Submission Open
Keywords: autoignition and minimum ignition energy; CFD and experimental combustion; combustion in spark ignition engines; expanding spherical flames; hydrogen and high-pressure combustion; large-eddy simulation of reacting flows; pollutant formation; thermoacoustic oscillations on turbulent flame development; theoretical and numerical modelling of combustion; turbulent premixed flames; turbulent flame structure and propagation; accidental; basement; forest and pool fires; theoretical and simulation of fire modelling; radiant heat modelling
Dynamics of Wind-Fire Interaction: Fundamentals and Applications
edited by , , and Yanfu Wang
submission deadline 31 Jan 2025 | 9 articles | Viewed by 23280 | Submission Open
Keywords: wind-fire interaction; fire dynamics; fire risk analysis; fire control; fire-induced wind; human evacuation; structural safety
New Advances in Spatial Analysis of Wildfire Planning
edited by and Shuai Yin
submission deadline 31 Jan 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 6862 | Submission Open
Fire Detection and Public Safety, 2nd Edition
edited by , Jun Fang and
submission deadline 31 Jan 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 656 | Submission Open
Keywords: fire detection; flame; smoke; and/or gas detection; fire detection algorithms; fire-related public safety issues; fire sensors for specific locations and extreme conditions; new concept of fire monitoring and response systems
Advances in the Assessment of Fire Impacts on Hydrology, 2nd Edition submission deadline 31 Jan 2025 | Viewed by 134 | Submission Open
Keywords: post-fire hydrological processes; hydrological modeling; remote sensing; GIS; UAV; LiDAR; floods; erosion
Advances in Building Fire Safety Engineering submission deadline 17 Feb 2025 | 11 articles | Viewed by 23019 | Submission Open
Machine Learning (ML) and Deep Learning (DL) Applications in Wildfire Science: Principles, Progress and Prospects
edited by , and Marcos Francos
submission deadline 28 Feb 2025 | 11 articles | Viewed by 24045 | Submission Open
Keywords: wildfire research; Artificial Intelligence  applications; wildfire risks; wildfire modelling; data science
(This special issue belongs to the Section Fire Science Models, Remote Sensing, and Data)
Patterns, Drivers, and Multiscale Impacts of Wildland Fires submission deadline 28 Feb 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 7370 | Submission Open
Keywords: wildland fire patterns; ignition drivers; modeling and methodology; GHG emissions; societal fire impacts; hot spot mapping; climate change mitigation; adaptation to fire risk; fire ecology; fire risk assessment; fire propagation modeling; resilience after fire disturbances
(This special issue belongs to the Section Fire Research at the Science–Policy–Practitioner Interface)
Combustion Diagnostics
edited by
submission deadline 28 Feb 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 6374 | Submission Open
Climate and Human-Driven Impacts on Tropical Rainforests submission deadline 28 Feb 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 4734 | Submission Open
Keywords: land cover changes; forest degradation; ecophysiology; fire and droughts; remote sensing; ground-based observations; belowground biogeochemistry; forest-atmosphere interactions; water and carbon cycling; greenhouse gas emissions
Advances in Pool Fire Dynamics submission deadline 28 Feb 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3622 | Submission Open
Keywords: pool fire; burning rate; heat feedback; flame radiation; wind; ambient pressure; boilover; in situ burning; numerical simulation
Fire Prevention and Control in Urban Infrastructure and Underground Space: 2nd Edition submission deadline 28 Feb 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2423 | Submission Open
Keywords: fire mechanism; fire risk assessment; monitoring and early warning; emergency rescue; fire fighting; smart fire fighting; Internet of Things; big data application
Thermochemical Conversion Systems
edited by , Jiri Rysavy, , and Ruming Pan
submission deadline 15 Mar 2025 | Viewed by 241 | Submission Open
Recent Developments in Flame Retardant Materials
edited by Yan Ding, and Kaili Gong
submission deadline 31 Mar 2025 | 6 articles | Viewed by 18657 | Submission Open
Keywords: flame retardant mechanism; flame retardant materials; material flammability; pyrolysis/flame spread modeling
Fire Safety Management and Risk Assessment
edited by Shenshi Huang, Yubo Bi and Mingjun Xu
submission deadline 31 Mar 2025 | 8 articles | Viewed by 9852 | Submission Open
Keywords: safety management; risk assessment; IoT-based system; fire safety training; crowd evacuation
Fire Safety and Emergency Evacuation
edited by Wei Xie, Eric Lee, and Tao Li
submission deadline 31 Mar 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 7074 | Submission Open
Keywords: fire safety; fire risk assessment; smoke control; crowd dynamics; evacuation; disaster management; artificial intelligence
Fire Extinguishing Agent and Application
edited by , , Mingjun Xu and
submission deadline 31 Mar 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 4694 | Submission Open
Keywords: fire extinguishing agent; fire extinguishing mechanism; fire extinguishing technology and equipment; fire extinguishing equipment; fire extinguishing effectiveness and application; compressed air foam system
Applications of Computational Statistics to Wildfire Science and Management
edited by W. John Braun
submission deadline 31 Mar 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 4056 | Submission Open
Keywords: fire safety; fire simulation; fire risk assessment; fire management; statistical applications
Ammonia Combustion: Experimental and Numerical Studies
edited by , , Guoqing Wang, and Dongsheng Dong
submission deadline 31 Mar 2025 | Viewed by 322 | Submission Open
Keywords: ammonia combustion; ammonia– hydorgen combustion; internal combustion engine; gas turbine; machine learning prediction; NOx emissions reduction; ammonia ignition enhancement
Fire and Combustion in Microgravity: 2nd Edition
edited by Jun Fang, Qiang Wang, Feng Zhu, and Shangqing Tao
submission deadline 15 Apr 2025 | Viewed by 201 | Submission Open
Keywords: microgravity; jet flame; flame spread; liquid fire; solid fire; fire detection; fire suppression
Simulation, Experiment and Modeling of Coal Fires
edited by Wei Liu, Zeyang Song, Caiping Wang and
submission deadline 20 Apr 2025 | 9 articles | Viewed by 13229 | Submission Open
Keywords: coal spontaneous combustion; self-heating of coal; smoldering coal fires; coal-fire propagation; fire prevention material; monitoring and early warning; coal fire prevention; coal mine safety; thermal energy extraction and utilization
Intrinsic Fire Safety of Lithium-Based Batteries
edited by Lihua Jiang, Wenxin Mei, Yuan Cheng and Yurui Deng
submission deadline 25 Apr 2025 | Viewed by 160 | Submission Open
Keywords: lithium battery fire safety; thermal runaway in batteries; flame retardant electrolytes for lithium-based batteries; solid-state electrolyte
Combustion Process, Emission Control, and Energy Generation in Internal Combustion Engines
edited by and Mingzhang Pan
submission deadline 30 Apr 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1724 | Submission Open
Keywords: clean combustion technology; emission control technology; energy generation; internal combustion engine
Modeling, Experiment and Simulation of Tunnel Fire
edited by Rongliang Pan, Hong Huang, Chang Liu, Xiujun Yang, and Zeng Long
submission deadline 30 Apr 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 809 | Submission Open
Keywords: tunnel fire dynamics; tunnel fire protection engineering; flow organization in tunnel fire; evacuation; tunnel fire risk analysis; tunnel fire risk management; on-site experiment in tunnel; tunnel with new forms
Understanding the Combustion and Extinguishing Mechanisms of Hydrocarbon Fuels submission deadline 30 Apr 2025 | Viewed by 162 | Submission Open
Keywords: hydrocarbon fuels combustion; hydrocarbon fuels extinguishing; gas hydrates dissociation; ignition; oxidation; harmful emissions; flame front propagation; flame characteristic; mixed fuel; heat and mass transfer; kinetic modeling; reaction mechanism
Confined Space Fire Safety and Alternative Fuel Fire Safety
edited by Peng Lei, Yulun Zhang, Jie Chen and Qi Zhao
submission deadline 30 Apr 2025 | Viewed by 157 | Submission Open
Keywords: confined space fire; underground space fire; smoke transportation characteristics; alternative fuel fire and explosion; ventilation and smoke control; fire monitoring and early warning
Forest Fuel Treatment and Fire Risk Assessment, 2nd Edition
edited by , Xiaodong Liu, Mingyu Wang and Feng Chen
submission deadline 30 Apr 2025 | Viewed by 119 | Submission Open
Keywords: forest fire; prescribed burning; fire behavior; fuel treatment; fuel characteristics; fuel modelling; fire risk; fire control capacity; risk assessment; carbon emission
Coal Fires and Their Impact on the Environment
edited by Qiang Zeng and Ting Ren
submission deadline 15 May 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 844 | Submission Open
Keywords: mechanism of coal fire occurrence; coal fire propagation; monitoring and early warnings of coal fire; coal fire impacts on the environment; utilization of resource at coal fire sites; ecological restoration of coal fire sites
Firefighting Approaches and Extreme Wildfires
edited by
submission deadline 31 May 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 16176 | Submission Open
Keywords: firefighting; control capacity; safety; modelling; science-policy-practitioner interactions; prevention; mitigation; preparedness; suppression; wildfire management
(This special issue belongs to the Section Fire Research at the Science–Policy–Practitioner Interface)
Assessment and Prevention of Mine Fires and Gas Disasters
edited by and
submission deadline 31 May 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 5366 | Submission Open
Keywords: mine fire; gas (dust) explosion; coal spontaneous combustion; fire prevention; dustproof; explosion suppression; airflow regulation; safety management; risk assessment; emergency response
Investigation of Combustion Dynamics and Flame Properties of Fuel
edited by , Huaibin Wang, , and Xingyan Cao
submission deadline 31 May 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 5133 | Submission Open
Keywords: fuel; fire dynamics; explosion propagation; flame properties; heat transfer and suppression
Jet Fuel Combustion
edited by Wei-Cheng Wang
submission deadline 31 May 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 4817 | Submission Open
Keywords: chemical kinetic models for jet fuels; ignition; extinction; and flame propagation of jet fuels; combustion efficiency and exhaust emissions; evaporation; combustion; and atomization of jet fuel droplets; spray combustion characteristics and optical diagnostics; engine performance with regard to ignition; altitude relight; and blowout limits
Building Fires, Evacuations and Rescue
edited by and
submission deadline 31 May 2025 | Viewed by 240 | Submission Open
Keywords: fire dynamics and building materials; structural integrity and fire safety; evacuation modeling and simulation; emergency response and rescue operations; human factors in fire emergencies; smart building technologies for fire safety; regulatory frameworks and policy implications; post-fire assessment and recovery
Novel Combustion Technologies for CO2 Capture and Pollution Control
edited by , Hui Wang and Miaomiao Niu
submission deadline 31 May 2025 | Viewed by 141 | Submission Open
Keywords: CO2 capture; chemical looping combustion; oxygen-enriched combustion; simulation; energy conservation; pollution reduction
Nature-Based Solutions to Extreme Wildfires
edited by
submission deadline 15 Jun 2025 | 9 articles | Viewed by 20999 | Submission Open
Keywords: fire management; extreme wildfires; biodiversity; ecosystem services; nature-based solutions; complex socio-ecological systems; local communities and stakeholders’ perception
(This special issue belongs to the Section Fire Research at the Science–Policy–Practitioner Interface)
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