Critical Heat Flux

The Critical heat flux for ignition is the lowest thermal load per unit area capable of initiating a combustion reaction on a given material (either flame or smoulder ignition).

Read more about Critical Heat Flux:  Description, Correlations For Critical Heat Flux, Applications in Heat Transfer

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