<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>The aim of the research was to determine the fire risk of selected flammable liquids (alcohols). Four alcohols, methanol, ethanol, propanol, and butanol, were chosen for the research. Flammable liquids were examined in a cone calorimeter at 0 and 5 kW.m<sup>−2</sup> heat fluxes. Both, the cone calorimeter and test procedure, were in accordance with ISO 5660-1:2015. The fire risk was evaluated mainly on the basis of heat release rate, effective heat of combustion and carbon monoxide yield. Comparison of the achieved parameters of selected alcohols shows that the fire risk of the investigated alcohols increases with increasing the molar mass of alcohol and applied heat flow.</p></abstract>

The aim of the research was to determine the fire risk of selected flammable liquids (alcohols). Four alcohols, methanol, ethanol, propanol, and butanol, were chosen for the research. Flammable liquids were examined in a cone calorimeter at 0 and 5 kW.m−2 heat fluxes. Both, the cone calorimeter and test procedure, were in accordance with ISO 5660-1:2015. The fire risk was evaluated mainly on the basis of heat release rate, effective heat of combustion and carbon monoxide yield. Comparison of the achieved parameters of selected alcohols shows that the fire risk of the investigated alcohols increases with increasing the molar mass of alcohol and applied heat flow.

Determination of Fire Risk of Selected Alcohols

Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava

Faculty of Materials Science and Technology in Trnava, Institute of Integral Safety

Research Papers Faculty of Materials Science and Technology Slovak University of Technology

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The aim of the research was to determine the fire risk of selected flammable liquids (alcohols). Four alcohols, methanol, ethanol, propanol, and butanol, were...

Determination of Fire Risk of Selected Alcohols

Publicado en línea: 03 sept 2019

Páginas: 81 - 85

Recibido: 06 may 2019

Aceptado: 11 jun 2019

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/rput-2019-0009

Palabras clave
Fire risk, alcohols, cone calorimeter, heat release rate

© 2019 Denis Benko et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Determination of Fire Risk of Selected Alcohols

Publicado en línea: 03 sept 2019

Páginas: 81 - 85

Recibido: 06 may 2019

Aceptado: 11 jun 2019

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/rput-2019-0009

Palabras claveFire risk, alcohols, cone calorimeter, heat release rate

© 2019 Denis Benko et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Palabras clave
Fire risk, alcohols, cone calorimeter, heat release rate