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http://dx.doi.org/10.14478/ace.2021.1016

Evaluation of Smoke Risk and Smoke Risk Rating for Combustible Substances from Fire  

Chung, Yeong-Jin (Department of Fire Protection Engineering, Kangwon National University)
Jin, Eui (Fire & Disaster Prevention Research Center, Kangwon National University)
You, Ji Sun (Fire & Disaster Prevention Research Center, Kangwon National University)
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Applied Chemistry for Engineering / v.32, no.2, 2021 , pp. 197-204 More about this Journal
Abstract
This study investigated the smoke risk assessment of woods and plastics for construction materials, focusing on the smoke performance index-V (SPI-V), smoke growth index-V (SGI-V), and smoke risk index-VI (SRI-VI) according to a newly designed methodology. Spruce, Lauan, polymethylmethacrylate (PMMA), and polycarbonate (PC) were used for test pieces. Smoke characteristics of the materials were measured using a cone calorimeter (ISO 5660-1) equipment. The smoke performance index-V calculated after the combustion reaction was found to be 1.0 to 3.4 based on PMMA. Smoke risk by smoke performance index-V was increased in the order of PC, Spruce, Lauan and PMMA. Lauan and PMMA showed similar values. The smoke growth index-V was found to be 1.0 to 9.2 based on PMMA. Smoke risk by smoke growth index-V increased in the order of PMMA, PC, Spruce, and Lauan. COpeak production rates of all specimens were measured between 0.0021 to 0.0067 g/s. In conclusion, materials with a low smoke performance index-V and a high smoke growth index-V cause a high smoke risk from fire. Therefore, it is understood that the smoke risk from fire is high. It is collectively summarized by the smoke risk index-VI.
Keywords
Wood; Plastic; Smoke performance index-V (SPI-V); Smoke growth index-V (SGI-V); Smoke risk index-V (SRI-VI);
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