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Experimental and numerical study of burning behaviors of flaxboard with intumescent coating and nanoparticles in the cone calorimeter and single burning item tests
Author(s) -
Zhang Jianping,
Delichatsios Michael A.,
McKee Maurice,
Ukleja Sebastian
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
fire and materials
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.482
H-Index - 58
eISSN - 1099-1018
pISSN - 0308-0501
DOI - 10.1002/fam.1114
Subject(s) - intumescent , cone calorimeter , charring , coating , materials science , ignition system , composite material , char , heat flux , calorimeter (particle physics) , forensic engineering , mechanics , heat transfer , combustion , thermodynamics , chemistry , optics , engineering , detector , physics , organic chemistry
This paper presents an experimental and numerical investigation of the effects of intumescent coating and nanoparticles on the burning behaviors of flaxboard. Virgin flaxboard samples and those coated with intumescent coatings (with/without nanoparticles) were tested in the cone calorimeter and single burning item (SBI) test. Experimental results show a significant increase in the time to ignition and also a reduction in the heat release rate by the intumescent coatings. In order to explain quantitatively and predict the effects of the intumescent coating, a global fractional factor (the ratio of the heat flux at the interface of the intumescent surface and the char layer of flaxboard to the surface heat flux when there is no intumescent coating layer) was introduced based on analytical solutions for charring materials. The fractional factor for the intumescent coatings was found by comparing predictions to the experimental data in the cone calorimeter test and, subsequently, was incorporated in an upward flame spread model, along with the ignition and thermal properties deduced from the ignition tests, to predict the burning rates in the SBI tests. Copyright © 2011 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.