Standardized experimental determination of auto-ignition parameters of feeds

Abstract

During the storage of corn-based feeds, heat generation processes can be observed in some cases. The methods of describing this thermal process consider various chemical compositions of the material, the physical manifestations of the material sets that serve as the sinter of transformations, as a starting point. The test methods enabling the study of the complex phenomenon of auto-ignition that can take place in the investigated materials ensure the determination of the parameters affecting the whole phenomenon, as well as their relationship. In the course of the research summarized in the present paper, the author directly experimentally determined the parameters belonging to the critical state of the patterned materials, at which auto-ignition processes can occur in the populations with the given material characteristics.