Pyrolysis of dehydrated peat at different postfire cycles in Sabah, Malaysia

• Main Authors: N. Muhi, Dayang Nur Sakinah Musa
• Format: Proceedings
• Language: English; English
• Published: Faculty of Science and Natural Resources 2020
• Subjects: Q Science (General); QE Geology
• Online Access: https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/21517/1/Pyrolysis%20of%20dehydrated%20peat%20at%20different%20postfire%20cycles%20in%20Sabah%2C%20Malaysia.pdf; https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/21517/2/Pyrolysis%20of%20dehydrated%20peat%20at%20different%20postfire%20cycles%20in%20Sabah%2C%20Malaysia1.pdf; https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/21517/; https://www.ums.edu.my/fssa/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/PROCEEDINGS-BOOK-ST-2020-e-ISSN.pdf
• Institution: Universiti Malaysia Sabah

A knowledge of post-fire area on peat thermal properties of fire ignition and temperature limit is important. Self-ignition of peat usually led to smouldering fire which hard to detect and suppress. Therefore, this study aims to analyse the pyrolysis process of the dehydrated peat at different post-fire cycles which were conducted at two (2) different post-fire sites i.e., 2016 and 2019 in Binsuluk Forest Reserve, Sabah. Results show that the dehydrated peat samples release volatile gases were highest at 20cm peat depth for both post-fire sites. Information on the pyrolysis process of dehydrated peat from the post-fire sites will help in peat suppression technique and understanding on the potential of selfignition of peat.