2. Principle
The principle of the calorimeter cone test method is described in ISO 5660-1 as follows:
"The lower calorific value is generally proportional to the amount of oxygen required for combustion. The relationship is that about 13.1 × 10 3 kJ of heat is released per kilogram of oxygen consumed.
"During the test, the specimens are burned in ambient air conditions, while being subjected to a predetermined external irradiance of between 0 kW m –2 and 75 kW m –2 .
"Oxygen concentrations and exhaust gas flows are measured.
"This test method makes it possible to assess the contribution that the product under test can make to the rate of heat evolution during a fire...
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Bibliography
- GUILLAUME (E.), MARQUIS (D.), SARAGOZA (L.), YARDIN (C.) - Incertitude sur la mesure par un « cône calorimètre » du dégagement de chaleur produit lors de la combustion d'un matériau – Uncertainty on heat release rate measurement with cone calorimeter during the combustion of a material. - Revue française de métrologie, n° 31, vol. 2012-3, p....
Standards and norms
- Reaction to fire tests – Heat output, smoke development rate and mass loss rate – Part 1: Heat output (cone calorimeter method) and smoke development rate (dynamic measurement). - ISO 5660-1 - 2015
- Railway applications – Fire protection for rail vehicles – Part 2: fire behavior requirements for materials and components. - NF EN 45545-2 - 2020
- GUM 1995 with minor corrections Evaluation of measurement data...
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