Effect of Spruce Wood Density on Selected Fire-Technical Parameters during Thermal Loading

Author:

Mitrenga Patrik1,Osvaldová Linda Makovická1,Konárik Milan1

Affiliation:

1. Department of Fire Engineering, Faculty of Security Engineering, University of Žilina, 010 26 Žilina, Slovakia

Abstract

The paper evaluates the effect of spruce wood density on the parameters of mass loss and mass loss rate during exposure to thermal load. The intention was to determine whether the effect of density is still evident after the application of flame retardants to the test samples. Groups of samples with different densities under the same retardant treatment were compared. The differences in densities of the compared groups of samples were different for each flame retardant. Water-soluble flame retardants based on inorganic salts were used. For testing, a simple test method was used in which the samples were exposed to direct flame from a Bunsen burner. The results of the study are the findings of how wood density affects the burning process of the samples treated with flame retardants. Statistical evaluation of the experimental results shows a significant effect of wood density on the monitored parameters even when flame retardants are used. For a difference in sample densities of 244 kg·m−3, there was a density dependence of the mass loss rate, with the lower density samples having a higher mass loss rate (0.158%·s−1) over the whole experimental period compared to the higher density samples (0.077%·s−1). The ANOVA test also demonstrated the influence of density on the mass loss of the samples at the above density difference. At lower density differences (51 kg·m−3 and below), the effect of sample density on the observed parameters was no longer evident. The fire spread rate parameter was also investigated. Here, a linear correlation between the difference in sample densities and the difference in the values of the above parameter at high and low densities is observed with a reliability coefficient R2 = 0.99.

Funder

University of Žilina

Publisher

MDPI AG

Subject

Fluid Flow and Transfer Processes,Computer Science Applications,Process Chemistry and Technology,General Engineering,Instrumentation,General Materials Science

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