A theoretical examination of the possibility of spontaneous combustion of laundry in tumble dryers Part 2. The role of reactive contaminants

John Clifford Jones

doi:10.1106/E7PY-PUDK-77HB-6UYA

A theoretical examination of the possibility of spontaneous combustion of laundry in tumble dryers Part 2. The role of reactive contaminants

John Clifford Jones

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Hot spot theory is applied to the contents of a laundry tumble dryer in order to predict how far above the dryer temperature an item previously rendered "hot" by reason of oil or solvent contamination would need to be in order to cause ignition of the dryer contents.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	335-340
Number of pages	5
Journal	Journal of Fire Sciences
Volume	19
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1106/E7PY-PUDK-77HB-6UYA
Publication status	Published - 2001

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