EXPERIMENTAL DETERMINATION OF THERMOPHYSICAL, THERMOKINETIC, 
AND FILTRATION CHARACTERISTICS OF PEAT

A. M. Grishin, A. N. Golovanov, and Ya. V. Sukov

UDC 533.6.011

Thermophysical characteristics of peat (specific heat 
and thermal conductivity) have been studied experimentally as functions 
of its temperature and moisture content. Thermokinetic characteristics 
of peat, viz., analogs of the activation energy and pre-exponential 
factor, have been obtained. For the first time, filtration coefficients 
of air in peat have been determined.

Tomsk State University, 36 Lenin Ave., Tomsk, 634050, Russia; 
email: fire@mail.tsu.ru. Translated from Inzhenerno-Fizicheskii 
Zhurnal, Vol. 79, No. 3, pp. 131-136, May-June, 2006. Original 
article submitted February 9, 2005.