Open AccessComparative analysis of methods for determining the flammability of municipal solid waste as railway transport cargo
Author(s) -
Лариса Королева,
А Г Хайдаров,
G. K. Ivakhnuk,
T N Antoshina,
A A Boyakhchyan
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
iop conference series. earth and environmental science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.179
H-Index - 26
eISSN - 1755-1307
pISSN - 1755-1315
DOI - 10.1088/1755-1315/938/1/012006
Subject(s) - flammability , hazardous waste , combustion , municipal solid waste , environmental science , waste management , engineering , chemistry , organic chemistry
A statistical analysis of information about fires that occurred on the railroads shows that it is necessary to enhance the fire protection measures while transporting the fire-hazardous materials (FHM). A comparative analysis of the use of the exergetic index and the flammability potential for forecasting the fire risks connected to the railroad FHM transportation has been performed. The studies considered municipal solid waste (MSW) as promising railway cargo. The values of the MSW chemical exergy and the heat of combustion have been calculated. The conditions and behavior of their variations have been investigated. A system of the substances and materials classification that is based on the exergetic coefficient was introduced. The proposed approach allows us to resolve methodological problems caused by the requirement to account for the technical, economical criteria, and the fire risk indexes into a unified classification system. The conception of the exergetic index improves the objectivity of the procedure for the estimation of the MSW flammability properties.