COMPUTATIONAL FLUID-DYNAMICS MODELING OF WOOD COMBUSTION

The modelling of the extinguishment of fires still represents a signif icant challenge. As part of an effort to predict fire spread and extin guishment using water sprays we are developing a computational fluid d ynamics (CFD) model of fire spread. This paper deals with the descript ion of the CFD model, the solid pyrolysis model (wood in this case) an d the coupling of these models. Results are compared with experimental data from cone calorimeter tests and the model is shown to give good agreement. The sensitivity of the calculated results to uncertain para meters in the pyrolysis modelling is also considered. Copyright (C) 19 96 Elsevier Science Ltd.