Anderson, Paul2017-03-082017-03-081991Anderson, Paul (1991) The development of surface based measurements for monitoring self heating of fuel stockfiles, University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, <http://wiredspace.wits.ac.za/handle/10539/22176>http://hdl.handle.net/10539/22176A thesis submitted to the faculty of engineering university of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, in fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy Johannesburg 1991Analysis of temperatures measured in an experimental coal bed (using the classical conductive-convective approach) confirm previously published permeabilities of similar beds, and furthermore validate the use of heat- transfer coefficients at exposed surfaces of coal stockpiles, The range of the estimated heat transfer coefficients is similar to natural convective coefficients at flat horizontal surfaces, which is expected. [Abbreviated Abstract. Open document to view full version]Online resource (115 leaves)enCombustion--MeasurementHeat--TransmissionCombustion engineeringTemperature measurementsThesis