FIRE CHARACTERISTICS FOR ADVANCED MODELLING OF FIRES

Abstract

This paper summarizes the material and fire properties of solid flammable/combustible materials /substances /products, which are used as inputs for the computer numerical fire models. At the same time it gives the test standards for their determination.

Keywords

• Material and fire properties of flammable/combustible solid materials
• density
• specific heat
• coefficient of thermal conductivity
• thermal inertia
• ignition temperature
• gross heat of combustion
• heat of gasification
• heat of reaction
• production rate of species
• mass loss rate
• combustion efficiency
• emissivity
• flame extinction coefficient
• flame spread parameter
• input data into mathematical models of fire
• ignition
• pyrolysis
• test standards