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Methane calibration burner and C‐factor determination with cone calorimeter – validation of the standardized calibration protocol
Author(s) -
Guillaume Eric,
Saragoza Laurent
Publication year - 2016
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.2292
Subject(s) - calibration , protocol (science) , calorimeter (particle physics) , cone calorimeter , combustor , gas burner , nuclear engineering , environmental science , detector , engineering , chemistry , medicine , waste management , mathematics , statistics , electrical engineering , combustion , char , alternative medicine , organic chemistry , pathology , pyrolysis
Summary The cone calorimeter is one of the major fire tests. In its reference standard ISO 5660‐1, the apparatus (and especially a characteristic of its orifice plate mass flow meter, called C‐Factor) is calibrated using a methane burner set at 5 kW. However, measurements performed in end‐use are in the range 1–10 kW. In addition, standard proposes to check linearity at 1 and 3 kW, which means in the lowest part of the range. This communication establishes the validation of the linearity on the whole range and determines the optimal condition for C‐factor determination. It justifies the technical choices of the standard. Copyright © 2014 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.