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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