Development of a Model for Flaming Combustion of Double-Wall Corrugated Cardboard

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dc.contributor.advisorStoliarov, Stanislav Ien_US
dc.contributor.authorMcKinnon, Marken_US
dc.contributor.departmentFire Protection Engineeringen_US
dc.contributor.publisherDigital Repository at the University of Marylanden_US
dc.contributor.publisherUniversity of Maryland (College Park, Md.)en_US
dc.date.accessioned2012-07-10T05:44:16Z
dc.date.available2012-07-10T05:44:16Z
dc.date.issued2012en_US
dc.description.abstractCorrugated cardboard is used extensively in a storage capacity in warehouses and frequently acts as the primary fuel for accidental fires that begin in storage facilities. A one-dimensional numerical pyrolysis model for double-wall corrugated cardboard was developed using the Thermakin modeling environment to describe the burning rate of corrugated cardboard. The model parameters corresponding to the thermal properties of the corrugated cardboard layers were determined through analysis of data collected in cone calorimeter tests conducted with incident heat fluxes in the range 20-80 kW/m2. An apparent pyrolysis reaction mechanism and thermodynamic properties for the material were obtained using thermogravimetric analysis (TGA) and differential scanning calorimetry (DSC). The fully-parameterized bench-scale model predicted burning rate profiles that were in agreement with the experimental data for the entire range of incident heat fluxes, with more consistent predictions at higher heat fluxes.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1903/12837
dc.subject.pqcontrolledMechanical engineeringen_US
dc.subject.pqcontrolledMaterials Scienceen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledcorrugated cardboarden_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledflaming combustionen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledheat transferen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledmodelingen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledpyrolysisen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledThermakinen_US
dc.titleDevelopment of a Model for Flaming Combustion of Double-Wall Corrugated Cardboarden_US
dc.typeThesisen_US

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