Calibration burning of wood crib under ISO9705 hood

• Published in: Journal of thermal analysis and calorimetry Vol. 91; no. 2; pp. 355 - 358
• Main Authors: Xu, Q., Griffin, G. J., Jiang, Y., Bicknell, A. D., Bradbury, G. P., White, N.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht Springer Netherlands 01.02.2008; Springer
• Subjects: Analytical Chemistry; Applied sciences; Building technical equipments; Buildings; Buildings. Public works; Chemistry; Chemistry and Materials Science; Exact sciences and technology; Fire behavior of materials and structures; Fire protection; Inorganic Chemistry; Measurement Science and Instrumentation; Physical Chemistry; Polymer Sciences; heat release rater; ISO9705 room; effective heat of combustion; wood crib; Heat of combustion; Wood; Calibration; Thermodynamic properties; Heat liberation; Fire safety
• ISSN: 1388-6150; 1588-2926; 1572-8943
• DOI: 10.1007/s10973-007-8272-8

Wood cribs free burning tests were conducted under ISO9705 hood. From the tests, the heat release rate of these cribs was grouped as 0.5, 1.0 and 1.5 MW. This result was used to correct an empirical formula for peak heat release rate calculation. The correction achieves acceptable accuracy for the typical wood. The test result also shown heat release rate curve can be normalized by the total combustion surface of the wood crib. This can also be used to predict the HRR of wood crib of certain sizes and structures.