<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><xml><records><record><source-app name="Biblio" version="7.x">Drupal-Biblio</source-app><ref-type>17</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Dimitrakopoulos, A. P.</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Papaioannou, K. K.</style></author></authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Flammability assessment of Mediterranean forest fuels</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Fire Technology</style></secondary-title></titles><keywords><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">flammability</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">ignitability</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Mediterranean</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">natural fuels</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">wildland fires</style></keyword></keywords><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2001</style></year><pub-dates><date><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2001///</style></date></pub-dates></dates><urls><web-urls><url><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">http://www.springerlink.com/index/P743753545V4L030.pdf</style></url></web-urls></urls><volume><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">37</style></volume><pages><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">143 - 152</style></pages><language><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">eng</style></language><abstract><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">The time-to-ignition of variousdominant Mediterranean forest fuelswasmeasured during laboratory tests, in order to develop a relative ﬂammability classiﬁcation and determine the moisture of extinction of these fuels. The tests were performed with an ignition apparatusmanufactured according to the ISO standards(ISO 5657-1986E) and under a wide gradient of fuel moisture contents, ranging from air-dry to fresh foliage. Moisture content was the single most signiﬁcant factor that affected fuel ﬂammability. Regression modelswere developed between the time-to-ignition and the moisture content valuesof all the fuels tested, and subsequently, were used for the relative ﬂammability ranking of these fuels. Fuel moisture of extinction was assessed to have a threshold value ranging from 40% to more than 140% o.d.w. for the species tested. The ﬂammability ranking of natural fuels can be useful in fuel hazard assessment and ﬁre danger rating, thus facilitating the judicial ﬁre management planning in wildlandsand at the rural-urban interface.</style></abstract></record><record><source-app name="Biblio" version="7.x">Drupal-Biblio</source-app><ref-type>17</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">a. P. Dimitrakopoulos</style></author></authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Thermogravimetric analysis of Mediterranean plant species</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Journal of Analytical and Applied Pyrolysis</style></secondary-title></titles><keywords><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">combustibility</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">lignocellulosic materials</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Mediterranean</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">natural fuels</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">pyrolysis</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">thermogravimetric analysis</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">wildland fires</style></keyword></keywords><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2001</style></year><pub-dates><date><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2001///</style></date></pub-dates></dates><urls><web-urls><url><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">http://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0165237000001649</style></url></web-urls></urls><volume><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">60</style></volume><pages><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">123 - 130</style></pages><language><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">eng</style></language><abstract><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Twelve dominant Mediterranean plant species were subjected to thermogravimetric analysis (TGA) in air medium, in order to study their thermal degradation process and assess their potential combustibility as natural fuels. Statistically signiﬁcant differences were observed among the values of the pyrolytic parameters of the species analyzed. The mean volatilization rate values resulted in meaningful ranking of the species into vegetation types of similar combustibility, as veriﬁed by observations during actual wildﬁres. The use of TGA as a method for assessing the combustibility of individual plant species seems justiﬁed</style></abstract><issue><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2</style></issue></record></records></xml>