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http://dx.doi.org/10.7731/KIFSE.2013.27.4.41

Estimation of Pyrolysis Properties for Fire Propagation Analysis of Furniture Materials  

Kim, Sung-Chan (Dept. of Fire Safety, Kyungil Univ.)
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Fire Science and Engineering / v.27, no.4, 2013 , pp. 41-46 More about this Journal
Abstract
The present study has been conducted to investigate the reaction kinetics and pyrolysis parameters for flame propagation analysis of furniture material components. TGA measurement for component materials such as MDF (medium density fiberboad) panel including coating material, synthetic leather and foam cushion are performed under maximum temperature of $600^{\circ}C$ and heating rate of $10^{\circ}C/min$. The results of TGA have shown that the peak temperature of MDF panel was $324^{\circ}C$ and the initial peak temperature of coating material decreased by $270{\sim}280^{\circ}C$. In the case of synthetic leather and foam materials, the reference temperature and reference rate depend on the type of polymer consisting the sample, the initial kinetic characteristics was classified into 2 categories of about $270^{\circ}C$ and $420^{\circ}C$ of reference temperature for the tested synthetic materials. The present study showed the pyrolysis parameters of reference temperature and reference rate proposed by Lyon to evaluate the pre-exponential factor and activation energy. The present study can contribute to improve the reliability of computational fire analysis and enhance the understanding of fire propagation phenomena based on the thermal properties study of material.
Keywords
Thermo-gravimetric analysis; Pyrolysis; Thermal decomposition; Fire propagation;
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