Research Article

Experimental Investigation of Radiation Emitted by Optically Thin to Optically Thick Wildland Flames

Table 2

Effective radiative properties of the flame. WS are used as fuel, with a fuel load of 1 kg/m2.

Fuel bed length0.5 m1 m2 m3 m4 m

Effective intensity I (kW/m2·sr)4.223.829.737.843.4
0.070.410.510.650.74
Mean extinction coefficient
(m−1)
0.150.530.360.350.34