Heat release characteristics of ethanol-water mixtures: Small-scale experiments

Tuula Hakkarainen; Timo Korhonen; Jukka Vaari

Heat release characteristics of ethanol-water mixtures: Small-scale experiments

Tuula Hakkarainen
, Timo Korhonen
, Jukka Vaari

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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
Title of host publication	12th International Symposium on Fire Safety Science
Subtitle of host publication	Book of Abstracts
Publisher	International Association for Fire Safety Science (IAFSS)
Pages	23
Publication status	Published - 2017
MoE publication type	Not Eligible
Event	12th International Symposium on Fire Safety Science, IAFSS 2017 - Lund, Sweden Duration: 12 Jun 2017 → 16 Jun 2017 Conference number: 12 http://www.iafss2017.se/ (Web page)

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Conference	12th International Symposium on Fire Safety Science, IAFSS 2017
Abbreviated title	IAFSS 2017
Country/Territory	Sweden
City	Lund
Period	12/06/17 → 16/06/17
Internet address	http://www.iafss2017.se/ (Web page)

Keywords

heat release rate
effective heat of combustion
pool fires
ethanol-water mixture

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Heat release characteristics of ethanol-water mixtures: Small-scale experiments
Hakkarainen, T., Korhonen, T. & Vaari, J., 1 Jul 2017, In: Fire Safety Journal. 91, p. 174-181
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Hakkarainen, T, Korhonen, T & Vaari, J 2017, Heat release characteristics of ethanol-water mixtures: Small-scale experiments. in 12th International Symposium on Fire Safety Science: Book of Abstracts. International Association for Fire Safety Science (IAFSS), pp. 23, 12th International Symposium on Fire Safety Science, IAFSS 2017, Lund, Sweden, 12/06/17. <https://iafss2017.files.wordpress.com/2017/06/book-of-paper-abstracts.pdf>

Heat release characteristics of ethanol-water mixtures: Small-scale experiments. / Hakkarainen, Tuula; Korhonen, Timo; Vaari, Jukka.
12th International Symposium on Fire Safety Science: Book of Abstracts. International Association for Fire Safety Science (IAFSS), 2017. p. 23.

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