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2. Pyrolysis models
In the detailed study of the fire behavior of materials, the relationship between temperature, atmosphere and thermal decomposition kinetics of the material under consideration is essential. This relationship is known as the pyrolysis model.
Pyrolysis of a material can only be modeled for an element of volume dV that can be considered homogeneous in temperature and composition at any given time. The aim is to understand the chemical transformations and devolatilization of this element as a function of temperature. Once this model has been established, it is then necessary to couple it with other physical models, in particular heat transfer models and, in the case of the most detailed approaches, a fluid mechanics or diffusion model, in order to best apprehend the boundary conditions of this volume element, in particular the atmosphere in which decomposition takes...
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Thermal and thermo-oxidative decomposition of materials
Bibliography
Software tools
ThermaKin. University of Maryland http://www.enfp.umd.edu/
Netzsch Component kinetics. NETZSCH-Gerätebau GmbH Headquarters, Wittelsbacherstrasse 42, 95100 Selb, Germany http://www.therm-soft.com/english/compkin.htm
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International Association of Fire Safety Science's International Symposium of Fire Safety Science, held every 4 years http://www.iafss.org
Fire and Materials Conference, held every 2 years in San Francisco (USA) http://www.intersciencecomms.co.uk
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Standards and norms
- Sécurité incendie. Vocabulaire - ISO 13943 - 2008
- Reaction to fire tests – Heat output, smoke development rate and mass loss rate – Part 1: Heat flow (conical calorimeter method) - ISO 5660-1 - 2002
- Standard Test Method for Decomposition Kinetics by Thermogravimetry - ASTM E1641 - 2007
- Plastics – Thermogravimetry (TG) of polymers – Part 2: Determination of activation energy - ISO 11358-2 - 2005
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The International Association for Fire Safety Science (IAFSS) http://www.iafss.org
GDR CNRS research group n° 2864 "Forest fires and compartment fires". http://perso.ensem.inpl-nancy.fr/Anthony.Collin/GDR2864/
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