Student researcher

Houzhi Wang
Dr Houzhi Wang Research Leader

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.

This project was completed in May 2018.

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07 Jan 2016 Houzi Wang 2015 Progress Report PDF icon 67.69 KB (67.69 KB)
24 Oct 2016 Smouldering combustion in bushfires PDF icon 317.63 KB (317.63 KB) fire, prescribed burning
Initiation of Smouldering Combustion in Biomass
18 Aug 2015
Smoulder is a type of slow, low-temperature combustion of relevance to bushfires. It occurs both in pre-fire...
Houzhi Wang Conference Poster 2016
14 Aug 2016
Smouldering is a type of slow, low-temperature combustion of relevance to bushfires.
Air permeability of the litter layer in temperate forests of south-east Australia
29 Jun 2017
Fuel on the ground, such as leaves, twigs and decomposing matter, accumulate over time and account for a...