Heat Release Characteristics and Combustion Heat of Timber

Асеева, Р. М.; Serkov, Boris; Sivenkov, Andrey

doi:10.1007/978-94-007-7460-5_5

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“…It should be noted that, the composition and structure of wood including the quantity of holocellulose, lignin and extractives in the wood specie affect its fire behaviour. Table 1 [ 21 , 22 ] lists the quantity in mass % of the constituents of various timber species. This section reviews the reaction of different species of wood to pyrolysis, ignition, combustion and subsequent extinction of the flame.…”

Section: Fire Behaviour Of Woodmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Characterisation of the fire behaviour of wood: From pyrolysis to fire retardant mechanisms

Mensah

Jiang

Renner

et al. 2022

J Therm Anal Calorim

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Wood is undeniably the most useful and readily available natural raw material. However, the susceptibility of wood products to fire is one of the crucial challenges faced in the wood industry. The fire behaviour of wood is a very complex phenomenon due to the different constituents and their independent reactions to fire. This article presents a thorough overview of the flammability stages of wood. It covers pyrolysis, thermal oxidative decomposition, ignition, combustion and heat release as well as flame extinction mechanisms. In the area of flame retardancy, conventional wood fire retardants, nanocomposites fire retardants and wood modification processes are investigated. Factors such as wood species, moisture content, density, experimental conditions such as external heat flux, heat exposure time, wood permeability and porosity are some of the deterministic parameters characterising the fire behaviour. This paper is a one-stop-shop for researchers analysing wood flammability due to the inclusion of all aspects pertaining to the burning of wood.

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Section: Fire Behaviour Of Woodmentioning

confidence: 99%

“… Inghelbrecht et al [ 32 ] showed that about 50–75% of the heat of complete combustion of wood is released through flaming combustion and the remaining by smoldering. The lower heat of complete of 18 species of wood is presented in Table 2 [ 21 ].…”

Section: Fire Behaviour Of Woodmentioning

confidence: 99%