A REDESIGN OF THE EXHAUST AND GAS SAMPLING SYSTEM OF THE FIRE PROPAGATION APPARATUS

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dc.contributor.advisorStoliarov, Stanislaven_US
dc.contributor.advisorRaffan-Montoya, Fernandoen_US
dc.contributor.authorRoy, Shuvamen_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.accessioned2023-02-01T06:44:27Z
dc.date.available2023-02-01T06:44:27Z
dc.date.issued2022en_US
dc.description.abstractStandard bench scale fire apparatuses are useful tools to perform repeatable and reproducible firetests that acquire key fire properties, such as heat release rate and time to ignition, for materials in a cost-effective manner. The Fire Propagation Apparatus (FPA) is one of the only standard bench scale apparatuses that has the ability to acquire these key fire properties in a controlled environment setting. However, the design of the apparatus is quite complex. In this work, the exhaust and gas sampling system designs were redesigned and constructed to increase modularity and manufacturability, adapt to the University of Maryland’s Department of Fire Protection Engineering laboratory settings, and provide greater ease for the end user operations. After the construction of the FPA systems, tests were conducted to verify the accuracy of the measurement devices. Equations for the calculation of heat release rate from FPA sensor data were derived and used for a series of combustion experiments. These equations were compared to the ones provided in the standard to gain insight on their systematic differences.en_US
dc.identifierhttps://doi.org/10.13016/appi-ih7q
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1903/29626
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.subject.pqcontrolledEngineeringen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledApparatusen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledE2058en_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledFireen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledFPAen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledPropagationen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledUMDen_US
dc.titleA REDESIGN OF THE EXHAUST AND GAS SAMPLING SYSTEM OF THE FIRE PROPAGATION APPARATUSen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US

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