- Author
- Lautenberger, C. | Kim, E. | Dembsey, N. | Fernandez-Pello, C.
- Title
- Role of Decomposition Kinetics in Pyrolysis Modeling: Application to a Fire Retardant Polyester Composite.
- Coporate
- California Univ., Berkeley Worcester Polytechnic Inst., MA
- Book or Conf
- Fire Safety Science. Proceedings. Ninth (9th) International Symposium. International Association for Fire Safety Science (IAFSS). September 21-26, 2008, Intl. Assoc. for Fire Safety Science, Boston, MA, Karlsruhe, Germany, Karlsson, B., Editors, 1201-1212 p., 2008
- Keywords
- fire safety | fire science | fire chemistry | fire retardants | decomposition | kinetics | pyrolysis | heat transfer | composite materials | thermogravimetric analysis | fire spread | equations | flammability tests | resins | thermal decomposition | experiments | simulation | thermophysical properties
- Identifiers
- Fire Propagation Apparatus (FPA) experiments; total mass loss rate (MLR) in the FPA; apparent number of reaction steps: isoconversional method; optimized kinetics parameters for three different kinetic models; optimized thermophysical properties used in slab pyrolysis simulations