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- Title
Modelling of heat release rate in upholstered furniture fire.
- Authors
Zou, G. W.; Huo, Y.; Chow, W. K.; Chow, C. L.
- Abstract
Summary: Many fatal residential fires started from burning upholstered furniture, and so upholstered furniture fire has been studied rather extensively in developed countries. As many upholstered furniture were made in China, the hidden fire risk should be studied more. In this paper, full‐scale experiments on the burning of upholstered furniture manufactured in China were conducted and analyzed. The oxygen consumption method was used to measure the heat release rate in a room calorimeter. An ignition source of a 20‐kW gasoline pool fire of 0.2‐m diameter was used to test square foam cushions and 4‐seater sofas. A model of heat release rate predicting upholstered furniture fire in a room was developed on the basis of earlier Swedish works. Results were then used to justify the application of the Combustion Behaviour of Upholstered Furniture model to predict the heat release rate of furniture manufactured in China. The numerical values of key parameters in the model were determined. It is proposed to build up a database that can be used to model heat release rates upon burning furniture. Detailed procedures are illustrated in this paper.
- Subjects
UPHOLSTERED furniture; CALORIMETERS; LATENT heat release in the atmosphere; OXYGEN consumption; DATABASES
- Publication
Fire & Materials, 2018, Vol 42, Issue 4, p374
- ISSN
0308-0501
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1002/fam.2502