I'm looking to do my Masters Dissertation in terms of research into Historic building fires (long story short, I want to help prevent them burning down every time there is a fire in one!)
I have quite a few contacts in Historic UK locations, so the plan is to obtain materials from these buildings and test them in a fire lab. These results will then be detailed in a database which shows the materials type and age, which will eventually provide a large amount of results for materials created in all different eras.
Once at this stage, I would like to create Pyrosim models of the buildings and input the specific data on the materials that have been tested, which should provide more realistic results on fire spread within these buildings.
My question is: What parameters are required in terms of the test results to input into Pyrosim?
Am I right in thinking its only:
1) Heat of Combustion
2) Peak Heat Release Rate
3) Total Heat Release Rate
or are there other results I should be testing for?
Thanks in advanced for any help!
Dean
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Bryan Klein posted
10 days ago
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Hello Dean,
To properly characterize the thermophysical properties of materials, you need more than the 3 values you mentioned. Those speak more to the bulk or general properties of a specific configuration of materials and not to the underlying material properties driving the pyrolysis process.
I have also attached a PDF of a talk on the topic that has some contact information on the last slide that you could use to get more information on their work and the experimental procedures used to quantify all relevant material properties.
To properly characterize the thermophysical properties of materials, you need more than the 3 values you mentioned. Those speak more to the bulk or general properties of a specific configuration of materials and not to the underlying material properties driving the pyrolysis process.
I have also attached a PDF of a talk on the topic that has some contact information on the last slide that you could use to get more information on their work and the experimental procedures used to quantify all relevant material properties.
Hi all,
I'm looking to do my Masters Dissertation in terms of research into Historic building fires (long story short, I want to help prevent them burning down every time there is a fire in one!)
I have quite a few contacts in Historic UK locations, so the plan is to obtain materials from these buildings and test them in a fire lab. These results will then be detailed in a database which shows the materials type and age, which will eventually provide a large amount of results for materials created in all different eras.
Once at this stage, I would like to create Pyrosim models of the buildings and input the specific data on the materials that have been tested, which should provide more realistic results on fire spread within these buildings.
My question is: What parameters are required in terms of the test results to input into Pyrosim?
Am I right in thinking its only:
1) Heat of Combustion
2) Peak Heat Release Rate
3) Total Heat Release Rate
or are there other results I should be testing for?
Thanks in advanced for any help!
Dean
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Bryan Klein posted 10 days ago Admin Best Answer
Hello Dean,
To properly characterize the thermophysical properties of materials, you need more than the 3 values you mentioned. Those speak more to the bulk or general properties of a specific configuration of materials and not to the underlying material properties driving the pyrolysis process.
You can see some information about how materials are characterized on this site: https://materials.fsri.org/analysismethodology
I have also attached a PDF of a talk on the topic that has some contact information on the last slide that you could use to get more information on their work and the experimental procedures used to quantify all relevant material properties.
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Bryan Klein posted 10 days ago Admin Answer
Hello Dean,
To properly characterize the thermophysical properties of materials, you need more than the 3 values you mentioned. Those speak more to the bulk or general properties of a specific configuration of materials and not to the underlying material properties driving the pyrolysis process.
You can see some information about how materials are characterized on this site: https://materials.fsri.org/analysismethodology
I have also attached a PDF of a talk on the topic that has some contact information on the last slide that you could use to get more information on their work and the experimental procedures used to quantify all relevant material properties.
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308667343_13....pdf
2.01 MB
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