<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

Published Online: Sep 03, 2019

Page range: 81 - 85

Received: May 06, 2019

Accepted: Jun 11, 2019

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

Keywords
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

Published Online: Sep 03, 2019

Page range: 81 - 85

Received: May 06, 2019

Accepted: Jun 11, 2019

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

KeywordsFire 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.

Keywords
Fire risk, alcohols, cone calorimeter, heat release rate