Abstract
Small-scale pool fire tests of ethanol-water mixtures are
described in this paper. The main goal of the tests was
to obtain data on the heat release rate per unit area,
the total heat release per unit area, and the effective
heat of combustion of such mixtures with ethanol
percentage of 20 vol% or more. The results can be
utilised in the interpolation and extrapolation of these
quantities for different ethanol percentages and
irradiance levels. In addition, the results give
information on the heat release of possible pool fires of
alcoholic beverages in a retail store in the case of a
fully developed fire. It was concluded that significant
fire load is not formed until the ethanol percentage of
the alcoholic beverage is ca. 20 vol% or more. The data
reported can also be used as an input to simulations of
ethanol-water mixture pool fires in the performance-based
fire safety design.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 174-181 |
| Number of pages | 8 |
| Journal | Fire Safety Journal |
| Volume | 91 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 1 Jul 2017 |
| MoE publication type | A1 Journal article-refereed |
Keywords
- heat release rate
- effective heat of combustion
- pool fires
- ethanol-water mixture