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Scientia Silvae Sinicae ›› 2020, Vol. 56 ›› Issue (7): 104-114.doi: 10.11707/j.1001-7488.20200711

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Pyrolysis Characteristics of Typical Tree and Shrub Species and Their Surface Dead Fuel in Daxing'an Mountains of Inner Mongolia

Heng Zhang,Yaxing Zhen,Jiayan Li,Jiang Xue,Qiuliang Zhang*   

  1. College of Forestry, Inner Mongolia Agricultural University Hohhot 010019
  • Received:2019-09-17 Online:2020-07-25 Published:2020-08-11
  • Contact: Qiuliang Zhang

Abstract:

Objective: The study on the pyrolysis characteristics of forest fuel can help us to understand the difficulty level of forest fire occurrence and the characteristics of potential fire behavior, which is of great significance for the rational selection of fire-resistant tree species and the construction of biological fire-resistant forest belt. In this paper, the pyrolysis process of forest fuel in Bilahe forest area in Daxing'an Mountains of Inner Mongolia was obtained by thermogravimetric analysis in order to select the tree species with good fire resistance. Method: Thermogravimetric analysis was used to study the thermogravimetric behavior of five typical tree species in Bilahe forest area: Populus davidiana, Larix gmelinii, Betula dahurica, Betula platyphylla, Quercus mongolica (trunks, barks, branches) and surface dead fuel (undecomposed layer, semi-decomposed layer and decomposed layer), and three typical shrub species: Corylus heterophylla, Rhododendron dauricum, Lespedeza bicolor (twigs) under the conditions of heating rate of 30℃·min-1 and oxygen flow rate of 20 mL·min-1. TG-DTG curve was used to analyze the pyrolysis process, Coats-Redfem integration method was used to conduct the kinetic analysis of the rapid pyrolysis stage, the pyrolysis characteristic index P was used to comprehensively evaluate the pyrolysis characteristics, and the activation energy, ignition temperature and pyrolysis characteristic index were used to comprehensively analyze the fire resistance. Result: The pyrolysis process of forest fuel under air atmosphere can be divided into dehydration stage, rapid pyrolysis stage and carbonization stage. The activation energy (E), frequency factor (A) and correlation coefficient (R) of forest fuel during the rapid pyrolysis stage can be calculated by Coats-Redfem integration method of the first-order reaction kinetics model. Combing the comprehensive analysis of thermal stability, ignition temperature and pyrolysis characteristic index, the fire resistance of five tree species was Larix gmelinii > Betula platyphylla > Betula dahurica > Populus davidiana > Quercus mongolica. The fire resistance of three shrub species was Corylus heterophylla > Lespedeza bicolor > Rhododendron dauricum. The fire resistance of surface dead fuel of five tree species was Larix gmelinii > Betula platyphylla, Betula dahurica > Populus davidiana, Quercus mongolica. Conclusion: The fire resistance of Larix gmelinii and Corylus heterophylla are the best among the selected samples. The results can provide theoretical basis for decision-making of selection of fire-resistant tree species in Daxing'an Mountains, Inner Mongolia.

Key words: thermogravimetric analysis, pyrolysis characteristics, forest fuel, fire resistance, Coats-Redfem integration method

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