IMPROVING INVERSE ANALYSIS OF PYROLYSIS MODEL PARAMETERIZATION USING HILL CLIMBING ALGORITHMS
| dc.contributor.advisor | Stoliarov, Stanislav I | en_US |
| dc.contributor.author | Fiola, Gregory | en_US |
| dc.contributor.department | Fire Protection Engineering | en_US |
| dc.contributor.publisher | Digital Repository at the University of Maryland | en_US |
| dc.contributor.publisher | University of Maryland (College Park, Md.) | en_US |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2020-02-01T06:37:29Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2020-02-01T06:37:29Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2019 | en_US |
| dc.description.abstract | Pyrolysis models are valuable tools for understanding material flammability and modeling fire growth. However, the development of comprehensive pyrolysis models is difficult and time-consuming due to the sheer number of material parameters required. Previous parameterization attempts employ massively parallel optimization problems using heuristic search algorithms to extract parameters from experimental data, but have been criticized for lacking physical significance and having reduced accuracy outside of calibrated ranges. This work sought to improve upon a previously developed manual methodology wherein the experimental results of both milligram- and bench-scale tests are inversely analyzed in a hierarchical approach. Three steps in the hierarchical process are automated using simple steepest ascent hill climbing optimization algorithms. The novelty of this approach lies in the custom fitness criteria and highly constrained and physical significant search space resulting from well-defined experiments. Two distinct materials were studied to evaluate the methodology: poly(methyl methacrylate) and rigid polyisocyanurate foam. The optimization programs were able to consistently fit both mass loss rate (MLR) from thermogravimetry (TGA) experiments and back surface temperature histories from Controlled Atmosphere Gasification Apparatus (CAPA II) experiments within experimental uncertainty. Models were validated against independent MLR histories from CAPA II experiments under low and high heat fluxes. | en_US |
| dc.identifier | https://doi.org/10.13016/73q9-6f3r | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/1903/25419 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
| dc.subject.pqcontrolled | Engineering | en_US |
| dc.subject.pquncontrolled | Optimization | en_US |
| dc.subject.pquncontrolled | Pyrolysis Modeling | en_US |
| dc.title | IMPROVING INVERSE ANALYSIS OF PYROLYSIS MODEL PARAMETERIZATION USING HILL CLIMBING ALGORITHMS | en_US |
| dc.type | Thesis | en_US |
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