Most Mediterranean regions face a high risk to forest fires, estimation and anticipation of this risk modeled as a stochastic propagation process reproduces well some fire properties. This model needs information on t...Most Mediterranean regions face a high risk to forest fires, estimation and anticipation of this risk modeled as a stochastic propagation process reproduces well some fire properties. This model needs information on the behavior of the bio-physical properties of vegetation associated to combustion. An experimental study to analyze the structure of a leaf of Laurel shrub at different biological stages is presented; it allows following the structural exchanges induced on the leaf by the effect of increasing temperature. For this purpose, both dielectric and TGA （Thermogravimetric Analysis）/DTA （Differentialthermal Analysis） was performed to a better understanding of the pyrolysis phenomenon. The results obtained provide information on the process of thermal degradation caused by fire. The evolution of the leaf impedance as a function of the applied frequency characterizes the moisture loss in plant species during pyrolysis. The dielectric response confirms the proposition to the equivalent circuit of the leaf as a composite of liquid and solid parts. The TGA/DTA results detected the behaviour of the solid parts in the fire under a constant heating rate, and were able to show all the transformation subjected by the Laurel leaf until ignition and all the gases released during it.展开更多
文摘Most Mediterranean regions face a high risk to forest fires, estimation and anticipation of this risk modeled as a stochastic propagation process reproduces well some fire properties. This model needs information on the behavior of the bio-physical properties of vegetation associated to combustion. An experimental study to analyze the structure of a leaf of Laurel shrub at different biological stages is presented; it allows following the structural exchanges induced on the leaf by the effect of increasing temperature. For this purpose, both dielectric and TGA （Thermogravimetric Analysis）/DTA （Differentialthermal Analysis） was performed to a better understanding of the pyrolysis phenomenon. The results obtained provide information on the process of thermal degradation caused by fire. The evolution of the leaf impedance as a function of the applied frequency characterizes the moisture loss in plant species during pyrolysis. The dielectric response confirms the proposition to the equivalent circuit of the leaf as a composite of liquid and solid parts. The TGA/DTA results detected the behaviour of the solid parts in the fire under a constant heating rate, and were able to show all the transformation subjected by the Laurel leaf until ignition and all the gases released during it.
