Combustion Recovery of Flaming Pine Needle Fuel Beds Sprayed with Water/MAP Mixtures

摘要

Water alone was the principal agent reducing flaming combustion to smoldering combustion; adding chemical retardant (Mono-ammonium phosphates) contributed only a slight additional reduction. Water alone was significantly less effective than chemical mixtures in reducing final energy release rates and maintaining reduced rates of fires allowed to recover. Data suggest that water/chemical mixtures are superior to water for extinguishing wildland fire.