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Fire Characteristics of Plastic Insulating Materials from Cone Calorimeter Test  

이근원 (한국산업안전공단 산업안전보건연구원)
김관응 (한국산업안전공단 산업안전보건연구원)
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Fire Science and Engineering / v.17, no.1, 2003 , pp. 76-84 More about this Journal
Abstract
This study was designed to investigate fire characteristics of the plastics insulating materials such as a polystyrene foam, polyurethane foam, and polyethylene foam, which is used an insulating materials i3t workplace. The fire characteristics of plastic insulating materials were carried out from the Cone Calorimeter test according to ISO 5660. The experimental materials used were commercial plastic insulating materials by products and their composition is not disclosed by the manufacturer. As the results of this study; the heat release rate of plastic insulating materials was increased with increasing density and heat flux. The peak heat release rate and the average heat release rate for the polyethylene foam in insulating materials were showed the highest, and the peak heat release rate for the polyethylene foam was the highest. The standard of heat release rate with a kind of products and heat flux of irradiance to prevent fire by plastic insulating materials was suggested.
Keywords
Plastic insulating materials; Fire characteristics; Cone Calorimeter; Heat release rate;
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