Models for Fire-Driven Heat and Moisture Transport in Soils

摘要

A survey was conducted of predictive models for heat and mass transport withinsoils exposed to the heating rates and temperature regimes under wildland fires. Two models trace their ancestry to soil science, and other models for heat and mass transport in porous media come from engineering disciplines and geophysics. The approaches underlying and development of the models were contrasted. Opportunities for improving the robustness and fidelity of currently available models were sought and a few potentially important omissions were identified, along with some complicating features that might be ignored without significant loss of realism.