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Author(s):
David R. Weise, Thomas H. Fletcher, Timothy J Johnson, Wei Min Hao, Russell G. Tonkyn, Catherine A. Banach, Javier Palarea-Albaladejo, Mahsa Alizadeh, Stephen P. Baker
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Topic(s):
Public Perspectives of Fire Management
Emissions
Prescribed Fire-use treatments
Fuels Inventory & Monitoring
Smoke Emissions and Inventory

NRFSN number: 27938
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Light gases were measured in the persistent, intermittent and plume regions of a wildland fire diffusion flame produced by burning longleaf pine needles from the southern United States. This data publication includes measurements taken during a pilot experiment, conducted in February 2020, that measured flame gases from 24 experimental fires which were collected in canisters and analyzed using EPA method TO-14A for CO₂, CO, H₂, CH₄ and C₂ to C₇ hydrocarbon gases. Gas chromatography / mass spectrometry (GC/MS) with flame ionization detector (FID) was the primary method used to identify the hydrocarbons. Other light gases were measured using FTIR spectroscopy. Additional data include bare wire type K thermocouple temperature measurements and O₂ levels measured in the flame's zones.

Citation

Weise, David R.; Fletcher, Thomas H.; Johnson, Timothy J.; Hao, WeiMin; Tonkyn, Russell G.; Banach, Catherine A.; Palarea-Albaladejo, Javier; Alizadeh, Mahsa; Baker, Stephen P. 2025. Gases measured in different diffusion flame zones. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2025-0055

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