%0 Conference Paper
%A Lebelo, R.S.
%A Mahlobo, R.K.
%A Adesanya, S.O.
%A Muthuvalu, M.S.
%D 2017
%F scholars:8120
%I Institute of Physics Publishing
%K Carbon; Combustion; Finite difference method; Heat transfer; Nonlinear equations; Structural design, Carbon-containing materials; Combustible materials; Combustion pro-cess; Exothermic chemical reaction; Heat transfer analysis; Semi-implicit finite difference methods; Temperature dependent; Variable thermal conductivity, Thermal conductivity
%N 1
%R 10.1088/1757-899X/269/1/012062
%T On Heat Transfer Analysis for a Sphere of Combustible Material of Variable Thermal Conductivity
%U https://khub.utp.edu.my/scholars/8120/
%V 269
%X This article considers an exothermic chemical reaction taking place in a stockpile of reactive material with a thermal conductivity that is temperature dependent. The study is modeled in a spherical domain whose carbon-containing material reacts spontaneously with the oxygen trapped within the system. The combustion process results with a complicated process that is nonlinear in nature, and the energy equation used to govern the problem is tackled numerically with the semi-implicit finite difference method (FDM). The results are depicted graphically and discussed to give a theoretical understanding of the heat transfer analysis during combustion. © Published under licence by IOP Publishing Ltd.
%Z cited By 2; Conference of 2017 4th International Conference on Advanced Materials, Mechanics and Structural Engineering, AMMSE 2017 ; Conference Date: 22 September 2017 Through 24 September 2017; Conference Code:132654