Sergio Zarate

Sergio Zarate’s research aims to provide insight into the fundamental process of fire growth of bushland fine-sized fuels, focusing on how the ignition and subsequent fire spread of fuel particles are affected when different convective and radiative conditions are applied.

The results of this research will show how significant the convective heat exchange is for fine-sized particles, and if the effect of convection needs to be included in both empirical and physical models intended for predicting rate of fire spread in vegetation with similar size characteristics.