Temperature Field Evolution in Wood Samples During the Flame Spread Experiments
|
|
Lucie Hasalová,
Petr Vaněk,
Milan Jahoda
|
| Transactions of the VSB - Technical University of Ostrava, Safety Engineering Series |
|
2014, Volume 9, Issue 1, Pages 16-24
|
|
Doi: 10.2478/tvsbses-2014-0003
|
|
Vertical, horizontal and 45° upward flame spread experiments over the small scale beech and pine wood samples were performed. Wood samples were of two geometries - square cross section prisms (15 x 15 mm) and a thin rectangular cross section prisms (5 x 40 mm) - and of three different lengths - 10, 15 and 30 cm. Samples were ignited by a heptane source fire extinguished immediately when the wood samples ignited. During the flame spread an internal temperature profiles along the centreline of the samples were measured by a set of thermocouples. Flame spread was observed in all sample positions except the horizontal orientation of the beech and pine square prism samples. Experimental data will serve for a validation of the pyrolysis models in the Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) flame spread models.
|
|
Download full version of article
|
