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Fire Characteristics of Flaming and Smoldering Combustion of Wood Combustibles Considering Thickness

목재 가연물의 두께에 따른 화염연소와 훈소상태에서의 화재특성

  • 김성찬 (경일대학교 소방방재학과) ;
  • 남동군 (한국소방산업기술원 미래소방기술연구소)
  • Received : 2015.08.07
  • Accepted : 2015.08.25
  • Published : 2015.08.31

Abstract

A series of fire tests was conducted to examine the fire characteristics of flaming and smoldering combustion of engineered wood products, which have been widely used for furniture and finishing materials in buildings. The engineered wood products of MDF, plywood, and chipboard were ignited by a radiant cone heater with incident heat flux of $50kW/m^2$. During the fire test, key parameters representing the fire characteristics such as the heat release rate, yield rate of combustion product, and effective heat of combustion were quantified in terms of thickness. The tests show two peak points of HRRPUA due to lateral fire propagation in the initial stage, followed by later fire penetration through the specimen thickness. The mass loss rate of flaming combustion was 5 times higher than that of smoldering combustion, while the CO yield rate of smoldering combustion was 10 times higher than that of flaming combustion. This study can contribute to the understanding of fire behavior of wood combustibles and provide useful data for fire analysis.

본 연구는 콘칼로리미터 실험을 통해 건축물 마감재와 가구소재로 널리 적용되는 목재 가공품의 화염연소와 훈소시 화재특성을 파악하고자 한다. 시험대상 목재 가연물은 MDF, 합판, 칩보드이며 $50kW/m^2$의 복사열유속을 시편에 가하여 점화를 유도하였다. 실험과정에서 화재특성을 나타내는 발열량, 연소가스 생성율, 유효연소율 등의 주요 인자를 가연물의 두께에 따라 정량화하였다. 실험결과 초기 평면방향의 화염전파와 후기 시편의 관통에 의한 화재확대로 인해 단위면적당 발열량에 대한 두 개의 피크점이 관측되었다. 화염연소시의 질량감소율이 훈소시에 비해 5배 이상 높게 나타난 반면에 훈소과정에서 CO 생성율은 화염연소에 비해 10배 이상 높게 측정되어 훈소시 높은 독성가스 생성율을 보였다. 본 연구는 목재 가연물의 화재성상을 이해하고 화재해석을 위한 물성자료로 활용될 수 있다.

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