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Shawn Urbanski conducting experiment in combustion chamber
Shawn Urbanski conducting experiment in combustion chamber
High performance computer
High performance computer
Story Tree fire identification illustration
Story Tree fire identification illustration
Rotating rectangular sand burner
Rotating rectangular sand burner
Grain bin under construction
Grain bin under construction
a. Burn table configured with cardboard fuel elements for studying spreading fires
a. Burn table configured with cardboard fuel elements for studying spreading fires
Sanding and preparing tree cookies
Sanding and preparing tree cookies
Examining tree cores with a microscope
Examining tree cores with a microscope
Metals shop
Metals shop
Staff analyzing data in the Ecophysiology Lab
Staff analyzing data in the Ecophysiology Lab
Ovens in the Fuels Lab
Ovens in the Fuels Lab
Collecting fuel samples to determine moisture content at the base of a Jeffrey pine tree immediately before the prescribed burn.
Collecting fuel samples to determine moisture content at the base of a Jeffrey pine tree immediately before the prescribed burn.
Monitoring quality sensors
Monitoring quality sensors
Testing of prototype air quality sensors in burn chamber
Testing of prototype air quality sensors in burn chamber
STIX project work
STIX project work
STIX project field work
STIX project field work
Airborne Laboratory. Gas and particle measurement instruments and flight scientists on the U.S. Forest Service Region 4 Twin Otter aircraft.
Airborne Laboratory. Gas and particle measurement instruments and flight scientists on the U.S. Forest Service Region 4 Twin Otter aircraft.
Experimental fire studied in the Fire Lab’s combustion chamber.
Experimental fire studied in the Fire Lab’s combustion chamber.
Burning a masticated fuelbed in the burn chamber of the Missoula Fire Sciences Laboratory
Burning a masticated fuelbed in the burn chamber of the Missoula Fire Sciences Laboratory
Assessing a fire-scarred lodgepole pine tree
Assessing a fire-scarred lodgepole pine tree
Convection heat transfer requires flames to contact adjacent fuels. Discontinuous fuels (e.g. shrub and tree canopies) require flames to extend across gaps between fuel clusters. The vertical flame wall with its high sample rate heat flux sensors (shown) and thermocouples are used to describe flame turbulence and thus the flame position and duration. Diffusion flames are produced using buoyantly neutral ethylene fuel gas.
Convection heat transfer requires flames to contact adjacent fuels. Discontinuous fuels (e.g. shrub and tree canopies) require flames to extend across gaps between fuel clusters. The vertical flame wall with its high sample rate heat flux sensors (shown) and thermocouples are used to describe flame turbulence and thus the flame position and duration. Diffusion flames are produced using buoyantly neutral ethylene fuel gas.
An instrumented fuel bed composed of laser-cut cardboard. These uniform fuel beds are burned in the wind tunnel to determine rate of spread and other physical characteristics of fire.
An instrumented fuel bed composed of laser-cut cardboard. These uniform fuel beds are burned in the wind tunnel to determine rate of spread and other physical characteristics of fire.
demonstrates use of the glowing radiant panel. Surrounded by reflections from elliptical mirrors, the panel allows researchers to examine the effects of radiant heat on ignition rates.
demonstrates use of the glowing radiant panel. Surrounded by reflections from elliptical mirrors, the panel allows researchers to examine the effects of radiant heat on ignition rates.
(Credit: Photo courtesy of Richard Barnes / OTTO)
Measuring water potential
Measuring water potential