MATHEMATICAL SIMULATION
OF THE PROCESS OF PEAT IGNITION

A. M. Grishin and A. S. Yakimov

UDC 531.534:536.245.022

Within the framework of a mathematical model of a porous 
reacting medium, the statement and numerical solution of the problem 
of occurrence of combustion (smouldering) of peat as a result of the 
action of a low fire seat are given. It is found that at moderate 
temperatures, T = or > 700 K, the smouldering of the initial reagent 
is limited by the processes of drying, pyrolysis, and by the reaction 
of oxidation of the carbon residue.

Tomsk State University, 36 Lenin Ave., Tomsk, 634050, Russia; 
email: fire@mail.tsu.ru. Translated from Inzhenerno-Fizicheskii Zhurnal, 
Vol. 81, No. 1, pp. 191-199, January-February, 2008. Original article 
submitted April 13, 2007.