- Author
- Steckler, K. D. | Mitler, H. E.
- Title
- Experimental Study of the Pyrolysis Rate of a Polymethyl Methacrylate (PMMA) Wall Panel in a Reduced-Scale Enclosure.
- Coporate
- National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD
- Book or Conf
- Combustion Institute/Eastern States Section. Chemical and Physical Processes in Combustion. 1988 Technical Meeting. December 5-7, 1988, Clearwater Beach, FL, 73/1-4 p., 1988
- Keywords
- plastics | panel walls | polymethyl methacrylate | pyrolysis rate | ignition | flame spread | enclosure
- Abstract
- Wall-fire growth can be viewed as a combination of three processes: ignition, pyrolysis of the ignited area, and flame spread. These processes depend upon the wall material as well as the conditions to which it is exposed. The environmental conditions include external radiant flux and the temperature and oxygen content of the atmosphere in which the wall is burning. When the wall fire occurs within an enclosure, these conditions--and therefore the pyrolysis and flame spread rates--can change significantly during the course of the fire.