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http://dx.doi.org/10.7731/KIFSE.2018.32.6.028

Experimental Study on the Measurement of Fire Behavior and Heat Release Rate in Building Compartment Space - Focus on Full Scale Fire Test of the Bed Mattress -

Seo, Bo-Youl (Fire Insurers Laboratories of Korea.Dept. School of Architecture, Kyungpook National Univ.)
Jang, Woo-Bin (Fire Insurers Laboratories of Korea)
Park, Kye-Won (Fire Insurers Laboratories of Korea)
Hong, Won-Hwa (School of Architecture, Kyungpook National Univ.)

Publication Information

Fire Science and Engineering / v.32, no.6, 2018 , pp. 28-33 More about this Journal

Abstract

To measure the full scale fire test and heat release rate of bed mattresses according to the building compartment space, a fire test was performed using the Standard test method to determine the heat release rate of mattresses and mattress sets (KS F ISO 12949: 2011). Both test locations showed similar fire growth until approximately 3 minutes after burner ignition. After 3 minutes, the heat release rate in the test room was higher than the open calorimeter. For bed mattresses (SS), the maximum heat release rate in the open calorimeter was 735 kW and the maximum heat release rate in the test room was 992 kW. For bed mattresses (Q), the heat release rate in the test room increased more rapidly than the open calorimeter. The maximum heat release rate in the open calorimeter was 1,087 kW (346 s) and the maximum heat release rate in the test room was 2,127 kW (287 s). The difference between the maximum heat release rate and the measurement time according to the test location was confirmed.

Keywords

Building compartment space; mock-up test; Heat release rate; Bed mattress; Fire behavior;

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