Forest Fire Simulation Using PHOENICS

摘要

Computational fluid dynamics (CFD) is used as a tool to study the dispersion ofthe airborne pollutants that are originating from a forest fire. The set of relevant fluid dynamic equations is solved with the aid of the general equation solver (PHOENICS), whose graphical capability is used to display the results of the computation. The main objectives of the simulation are to show that such a dispersion model is possible to carry out, and that it gives physically reasonable results. The preliminary study shows that CFD in general, and PHOENICS in particular, can be a useful tool in the context.