Experimental and numerical investigation on the combustion behavior of densified wood: Differences among wood species and impact of char oxidation

IF 3.4 3区 工程技术 Q2 ENGINEERING, CIVIL
Liang Yi , Yanzhen Zhuang , Zhengyang Wang , Yan Ding , Junhui Gong , Chunli Liu
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Densified wood (DW) is a novel structural material with promissing application potential in construction industry due to its excellent mechanical performance. However, it could also be a disastrous fuel contributing to the development of fires. This work experimentally and numerically investigated the combustion behavior of DW. The differences among wood species (fir, pine and oak) and their char oxidation impacts are emphasized. The experimental results indicate that DW has a 44.7 K lower pyrolysis peak temperature on average, a 32.2 % lower peak mass loss rate, and a 8 % higher residual mass ratio than natural wood (NW) in N2 due to the delignification process. The hemicellulose and cellulose pyrolysis are endothermic in N2 but exothermic in air. Wood pyrolysis has an additional char oxidation reaction in air. The higher density of DW leads to longer times for ignition and flaming combustion. DW presents a higher heat release rate and average 4.7 MJ kg−1 higher effective heat of combustion of char. Two parallel pyrolysis reaction schemes based on ambiance are proposed, which well-predict the microscale characterizations but fail to represent the combustion behavior. An optimized mode was developed by adding a continuous char oxidation reaction to the N2 reaction scheme, which best predicts the combustion behaviors.

致密木材燃烧行为的实验和数值研究:木材种类的差异和炭氧化的影响
致密化木材(DW)是一种新型结构材料,由于其卓越的机械性能,在建筑行业具有广阔的应用前景。然而,它也可能成为引发火灾的灾难性燃料。这项研究通过实验和数值方法研究了 DW 的燃烧行为。重点研究了不同木种(杉木、松木和橡木)之间的差异及其炭氧化影响。实验结果表明,与天然木材(NW)相比,DW 在 N2 中的热解峰值温度平均低 44.7 K,峰值质量损失率低 32.2%,残余质量比高 8%,这是因为木质素脱除过程所致。半纤维素和纤维素热解在氮气中是内热的,但在空气中是放热的。木材热解在空气中还有一个炭氧化反应。DW 密度较高,点火和火焰燃烧时间较长。DW 的热释放率更高,木炭的有效燃烧热平均高出 4.7 兆焦耳/千克-1。提出了两种基于环境的并行热解反应方案,它们能很好地预测微尺度特性,但不能代表燃烧行为。通过在 N2 反应方案中加入连续的炭氧化反应,开发出了一种优化模式,它能最好地预测燃烧行为。
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Fire Safety Journal
Fire Safety Journal 工程技术-材料科学:综合
CiteScore
5.70
自引率
9.70%
发文量
153
审稿时长
60 days
期刊介绍: Fire Safety Journal is the leading publication dealing with all aspects of fire safety engineering. Its scope is purposefully wide, as it is deemed important to encourage papers from all sources within this multidisciplinary subject, thus providing a forum for its further development as a distinct engineering discipline. This is an essential step towards gaining a status equal to that enjoyed by the other engineering disciplines.
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