Applicability of a Low-Pressure Environment to Investigate Smoldering Behavior Under Microgravity

This paper provides alternative methodology to reproduce the smoldering of a 2-mm dia biomass stick in reduced gravity by utilizing a reduced-pressure approach. Since smoldering has been known as an initial process of fire hazard, a deep understanding of its characteristics is an important task to improve fire safety strategy in space. The aim of the present work is to examine the possibility to reproduce the smoldering in microgravity by...