- Title:
-
Comparing Techniques for Estimating Flame Temperature of Prescribed Fires
- Date:
- February 2005
- Organisations
- USDA
- Authors:
- Deborah K. Kennard, Kenneth W. Outcalt, David Jones, and Joseph J. O’Brien
- Location:
- USA, United States of America
Overview
This article published in Fire Ecology compares a range of:
- metal and tile pyrometers
- calorimeters of different sizes
- fuel consumption
to time-temperature metrics derived from thick and thin thermocouples to determine their usefulness in predicting temperatures. The researchers found that all instruments underestimated maximum temperatures but they found they were useful for predicting other aspects of fire behaviour.
