Self-heating and spontaneous combustion of wood pellets during storage
Self-heating of wood pellets is a major concern during long term storage. Internal temperatures rose to 57℃ in 10 days in a wood pellet silo of 21.9 m diameter in Fibreco Inc. (Vancouver, Canada) after pellets (about 20℃) were loaded into the silo. Self-heating could lead to serious accidental fires...
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University of British Columbia
2013
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/2429/43931 |