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http://dx.doi.org/10.14478/ace.2021.1051

Assessment of Fire Risk Rating for Wood Species in Fire Event  

Jin, Eui (Fire & Disaster Prevention Research Center, Kangwon National University)
Chung, Yeong-Jin (Department of Fire Protection Engineering, Kangwon National University)
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Applied Chemistry for Engineering / v.32, no.4, 2021 , pp. 423-430 More about this Journal
Abstract
In order to evaluate the fire risk and fire risk rating of wood for construction materials, this study focused on fire performance index-III (FPI-III), fire growth index-III (FGI-III), and fire risk index-IV (FRI-IV) according to Chung's equations-III and -IV. Western red cedar, needle fir, ash, and maple were used as the specimens. The fire characteristics were investigated using a cone calorimeter (ISO 5660-1) equipment on the specimen. The FPI-III measured after the combustion reaction was 0.86 to 12.77 based on polymethylmethacrylate (PMMA). The FGI-III was found to be 0.63 to 5.26 based on PMMA. The fire rating according to the FRI-IV, which is the fire rating index, was 0.05 to 6.12, and the western red cedar was 122.4 times higher than that of the maple. The fire risk rating according to the FRI-IV increased in the order of maple, ash, needle fir, PMMA and western red cedar. The CO peak concentration of all specimens was measured as 103 to 162 ppm, and it was 2.1 to 3.2 times higher than 50 ppm, the permissible exposure limits of the US occupational safety and health administration. Materials such as western red cedar, which have a low bulk density and contain a large amount of volatile organic substances, have a low FPI-III and a high FGI-III, so they have a high fire risk rating.
Keywords
Wood; Fire performance index-III; Fire growth index-III; Fire risk index-IV; Fire risk rating;
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