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Abstract
High altitude region has different characteristics from the normal pressure region due to its low air pressure and low oxygen content. The aim of this study is to investigate how solar panel’s ignition time, critical heat flux, combustion time, flame height, and mass loss vary as a function of external heat flux from 25 kW/m2 to 45 kW/m2 and air pressure from 60 to 100 kPa. It was found that external heat flux and air pressure negatively correlated with ignition and combustion time. Calculated from Delichatsios’s formula, the critical heat flux under different air pressures differs significantly from experimental data. Therefore, the parameters in Delichatsios’s formula are corrected based on experimental data. By relating critical heat flux, thermal response parameters, and air pressure, an overall formula for ignition time, radiation intensity, and air pressure can be derived. Mass loss rate and flame height are positively correlated with external heat flux and air pressure. Mass loss rate is expressed as a function of air pressure. Also, based on the relationship between mass loss rate and external heat flux and air pressure, a mathematical model between flame height, heat flux and air pressure is established.
期刊介绍:
Fire Technology publishes original contributions, both theoretical and empirical, that contribute to the solution of problems in fire safety science and engineering. It is the leading journal in the field, publishing applied research dealing with the full range of actual and potential fire hazards facing humans and the environment. It covers the entire domain of fire safety science and engineering problems relevant in industrial, operational, cultural, and environmental applications, including modeling, testing, detection, suppression, human behavior, wildfires, structures, and risk analysis.
The aim of Fire Technology is to push forward the frontiers of knowledge and technology by encouraging interdisciplinary communication of significant technical developments in fire protection and subjects of scientific interest to the fire protection community at large.
It is published in conjunction with the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) and the Society of Fire Protection Engineers (SFPE). The mission of NFPA is to help save lives and reduce loss with information, knowledge, and passion. The mission of SFPE is advancing the science and practice of fire protection engineering internationally.