Effect of ignition condition on typical polymer's melt flow flammability

Wang, Xuegui; Li, Liming; Lo, Siuming; Zhang, Heping

doi:10.1016/j.jhazmat.2011.03.108

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“…As a supporting technique, TG experiments have been used to estimate the onset of melting and then to provide adequate results for modeling both the melting and pyrolysis stages [8]. Increasing in the scale of the experiments resulted (with ISO 9705) to study polymer melt flow behavior and subsequent pool fire [9] in room scale tests, also the interaction between a vertical polymer sheet fire and the induced pool fire were studied. Other factors, regression, char layer and fire spread, which influence the burning behavior of polymer, have also been studied by [10][11][12].…”

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The melt/shrink effect of low density thermoplastics insulates: Cone calorimeter tests

Jin

Hristov

et al. 2017

THERM SCI

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The melt/shrink effects on the fire behavior of low density thermoplastic foam have been studied in a cone calorimeter. The experiments have been performed with four samples of expanded polystyrene foams having different thicknesses and two extruded polystyrene foams. Decrease in surface area and increase in density, characterizing the melt/shrink effect have been measured at different incident heat fluxes. Three of these foams tested have been also examined by burning tests at an incident heat flux of 50 kW/m 2. It was assessed that the fire behavior predictions based the current literature models provided incorrect results if the cone test results were applied directly. However, the correct models provided adequate results when the initial burning area and the density of the molten foam were used to correct the initial cone calorimeter data. This communication refers to the fact that both the effective burning area and the density of the molten foam affect the cone calorimeter data, which requires consequent corrections to attain adequate predictions of models about the materials fire behavior.

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The melt/shrink effect of low density thermoplastics insulates: Cone calorimeter tests

Jin

Hristov

et al. 2017

THERM SCI

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“…In previous studies, the investigation of dripping fire mainly focused on the ignition, burning, and dripping processes, yielding valuable insights into fire characteristics and hazard analysis. For example, Wang et al [7] examined the impact of ignition location on the combustion behavior of molten polymer drips. They found that the initial ignition location significantly influenced fire parameters such as heat release rate, released heat, smoke temperature, CO concentration, and extinguishing coefficient, leading to different fire spread types.…”

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Tunable self-extinguishing of dripping fire mediated by impacted substrates

Fan,

Lin,

Dorbolo

et al. 2024

International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer

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“…Dripping fire phenomenon involved in (a) facade fire accidents [1], (b) wire fire cases [14], (c) compartment fire, and (d) UL 94 standard test [15]. The fire hazard of dripped thermoplastic pool fire has been investigated through different test setups in past researches [8,9,16], and particularly, the fast flow of molten PE shows a significant fire hazard [17][18][19]. In terms of the dripping flame, several standard tests consider the capacity of drip generation and the ignitibility of drips, such as the UL 94 material flammability test [20] (Fig.…”

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