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COMBUSTION COUVANTE [2 records]

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Record 1 2005-04-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Combustion and Fuels (Fireplaces)
  • Fires and Explosions
  • Fire Detection
CONT

Combustion actually consists of three more or less distinct but overlapping phases: Preheating Phase ... Distillation or Gaseous Phase. ... Charcoal or Solid Phase - The presence of combustible vapours above the fuel is too low to support a persistent flame. The residual solid fuel or char burns away slowly.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Combustion et combustibles (Foyers)
  • Feux et explosions
  • Détection des incendies
OBS

Comportement du feu. [...] La première étape est le préchauffage [...] La deuxième étape comprend la volatilisation continue des gaz [...] La troisième étape du processus de combustion est l'incandescence. Le charbon qui reste après la seconde étape brûle avec une combustion couvante et laisse une petite quantité de cendres résiduelles.

Spanish

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Record 2 2001-03-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Fires and Explosions
  • Brush, Prairie and Forest Fires
DEF

The stage of burning in which the oxidation of solid fuel is accompanied by incandescence.

CONT

In the glowing phase, all volatile materials have already been driven off and there is no visible smoke; this phase follows the smoldering combustion phase and continues until the temperature drops below the combustion threshold value, or until only noncombustible ash remains.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Feux et explosions
  • Incendies de végétation
OBS

combustion couvante :Combustion lente d’un matériau sans émission de lumière visible et généralement mise en évidence par une augmentation de la température et/ou un dégagement de fumée.

OBS

incandescence : combustion en phase solide.

Spanish

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