
THE INFLUENCE OF ENCLOSURE ON BURNING CHARACTERISTICS OF OSB FURNISHINGS
Author(s) -
Vladimír Mózer,
Petr Hejtmánek,
Daniela Pitelková,
Lucie Hasalová
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
wood research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.371
H-Index - 18
eISSN - 2729-8906
pISSN - 1336-4561
DOI - 10.37763/wr.1336-4561/66.6.969980
Subject(s) - enclosure , ignition system , combustor , gas burner , oriented strand board , environmental science , materials science , composite material , structural engineering , nuclear engineering , chemistry , engineering , combustion , electrical engineering , organic chemistry , aerospace engineering
This paper presents a series of full-scale tests conducted with office furniture made from OSB boards. Ignition source (30 kW gas burner) position and enclosure effects, free burn vs. ISO 9705 room, were evaluated from the perspective of instantaneous (HRR) and total heat (THR) released by the fuel packages. It was found that both of the evaluated factors have impact primarily on HRR – the peak ranging from 874 kW to 1 154 kW was delayed by approx. 50 to 60 s in the free-burn experiments; the THR remained relatively consistent at approx. 875 ± 30 MJ, meaning that in the observed period very similar amounts of fuel were burned. The thermal feedback within the enclosure seemed to be partially counteracted by the lack of oxygen, resulting in slightly higher HRR in free-burn test following the first peak. The findings of the research are applicable to fire hazard prediction by fire modelling.