Thermal decomposition analysis in a sphere of combustible materials

RS Lebelo, OD Makinde… - Advances in Mechanical …, 2017 - journals.sagepub.com
In this article, we look at spontaneous combustion due to exothermic chemical reaction
taking place within a stockpile of combustible material. The model includes mass and …

Reactant consumption and thermal decomposition analysis in a two-step combustible slab

RS Lebelo, RK Mahlobo… - Defect and Diffusion …, 2019 - Trans Tech Publ
The significance of this paper is to analyse thermal decomposition and reactant
consumption in a stockpile of reactive materials, such as that of coal, hay or wood, for …

Transient heat analysis in a two-step radiative combustible slab

RS Lebelo, KC Moloi - Key Engineering Materials, 2021 - Trans Tech Publ
In this article, analysis of heat transfer in a stockpile of reactive materials modelled in a
rectangular slab is carried out. A two-step exothermic chemical reaction is assumed and the …

Thermal conductivity impact on thermal stability of reactive materials

RS Lebelo - Diffusion Foundations, 2017 - Trans Tech Publ
The impact of thermal conductivity on the thermal stability of a combustible material is
studied in a stockpile modelled in a long cylindrical pipe. Two combustible material systems …

[PDF][PDF] Heat loss analysis in a radiating slab of variable thermal conductivity

RS Lebelo, KC Moloi - Int. J. Eng. Tech, 2018 - researchgate.net
This article investigates the transfer of heat in a stockpile of reactive materials, that is
assumed to lose heat to the environment by radiation. The study is modeled in a rectangular …

[PDF][PDF] Transient heat analysis in a spherical domain of combustible material

RS Lebelo - Journal of Communication and Computer, 2016 - pdfs.semanticscholar.org
Analysis of transient heat in a stockpile of combustible material modelled in a spherical
domain is considered in this article. The sphere loses heat by convection to the atmosphere …

Transient heat and reactant consumption investigation in a cylindrical pipe of variable thermal conductivity

RS Lebelo - Defect and Diffusion Forum, 2019 - Trans Tech Publ
This article investigates the transfer of heat with reactant (oxygen) consumption in a
stockpile of reactive material. A reactive material is any carbon or hydrocarbon containing …

Investigating bifurcations and thermal behavior in chaotic fractional-order exothermic reactions with reactant consumption

OD Makinde, ZH Khan, WA Khan, A Trounev, R Ahmad - 2024 - researchsquare.com
This study presents a complete investigation of the chaotic fractional-order exothermic
decomposition in a flow channel, concentrating on the interaction between reactant …

[PDF][PDF] Investigating Oxygen Depletion in a Two-Step Combustible Stockpile

RS Lebelo, SO Adesanya, SO Akindeinde… - Kasmera, 2021 - academia.edu
The depletion of oxygen in a reactive stockpile that undergoes self-ignition process due to
low-temperature oxidation reaction, is investigated in this paper. A reactive stockpile is the …

[PDF][PDF] Oxygen Depletion and Thermal Stability Analysis in a Reactive Sphere of Variable Thermal Conductivity

RS Lebelo, SO Adesanya - Global Journal of Pure and Applied …, 2017 - researchgate.net
The depletion of oxygen in a stockpile of combustible material is investigated in this study.
The process is modeled in a spherical domain of thermal conductivity that is temperature …