About
Dr Houzhi Wang
Dr Houzhi Wang’s research developed a greater understanding of the initiation of smoldering combustion under different conditions. With little currently known about how smoldering contributes to fire development and ignitions, Houzhi looked at the effects of oxygen concentration and heat transfer on the initiation of smoldering, and how it impacts different vegetation types.
Houzhi was awarded the best paper prize after presenting his research at the Australian Combustion Symposium in Melbourne in 2015. He is now undertaking postdoctoral research at the School of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Adelaide.
Student project
This research developed a greater understanding of the initiation of smoldering combustion under different conditions. With little currently known about how smoldering contributes to fire development and ignitions, the study looked at the effects of oxygen concentration and heat transfer on the initiation of smoldering, and how it impacts different vegetation types.
29 Jun 2017
Fuel on the ground, such as leaves, twigs and decomposing matter, accumulate over time and account...
14 Aug 2016
Smouldering is a type of slow, low-temperature combustion of relevance to bushfires.
18 Aug 2015
Smoulder is a type of slow, low-temperature combustion of relevance to bushfires. It occurs both in...
Resources credited
| Type | Released | Title | Download | Key Topics |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Presentation-Slideshow | 24 Oct 2016 | Smouldering combustion in bushfires |
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fire, prescribed burning |
| 07 Jan 2016 | Houzi Wang 2015 Progress Report |
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