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http://dx.doi.org/10.14346/JKOSOS.2015.30.3.45

A Study on the Flame Growth Characteristics of Household Items(Refrigerator·Washing machine·Drawer·Sofa)  

Park, Young Ju (Department of Fire & Emergency Management, Kangwon National University)
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Journal of the Korean Society of Safety / v.30, no.3, 2015 , pp. 45-51 More about this Journal
Abstract
This study was full-scale combustion test for flame growth characteristics and temperature characteristics analysis to predict the risk of household Items fire when fire occurs. Experimental results, Refrigerator flames were the highest measured in 15 min time, and Washing machine is between 20 ~ 30 min, Drawer is 5 min, Sofa was enabled up to the size of the flame 15 min. In addition, the maximum combustion temperature was found from the time 20 min ~ 25 min, Sofa is temperature was elevated up to $1190^{\circ}C$, Refrigerator is $1,162^{\circ}C$, Drawer is $822^{\circ}C$, Washing machine appeared to be rising up to $670^{\circ}C$. Therefore, in the case of the maximum temperature of combustion Sofa it showed relatively high.
Keywords
household items; fire growth; temperature variations; sofa; drawer; refrigerator; washing machine;
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