THE IGNITION

PART- 01 : CONCEPT
FACTORS
Form of the Fuel
Amount or mass of the fuel - The lesser the quicker
Proximity of the fuel to the heat source – The closer the quicker
Amount of Heat being generated
Duration of Exposure
 Form of Fuel

Large Surface area to mass ratio makes Idle

pallets to get ignited easily
 Amount of Fuel

A Single match cannot heat a large blocks of wood

sufficiently to ignite it, even though the temperature
of the heat source may be above the minimum
ignition temperature of the target fuel.
Proximity of Fuel

In the initial stage of the fire, chair does not

ignite from the radiant of the fire from
waste basket that is several feet away. This
fire is too small and distance is too great to
raise the temperature.
Temperature
Rate of HT must overcome the rate of heat
loss due to
Conduction
Convection
Radiation
As well as loss energy due as a result of
pyrolysis

An exception is Spontaneous Heating.

The temperature of source must exceed
Ignition temperature of the Fuel.