Flame spread over horizontal and vertical wires: The role of dripping and core

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作者
Kobayashi, Yoshinari [1 ]
Huang, Xinyan [2 ]
Nakaya, Shinji [1 ]
Tsue, Mitsuhiro [1 ]
Fernandez-Pello, Carlos [2 ]
机构
[1] Univ Tokyo, Dept Aeronaut & Astronaut, 7-3-1 Hongo, Tokyo 1138656, Japan
[2] Univ Calif Berkeley, Dept Mech Engn, Berkeley, CA 94720 USA
关键词
Polyethylene (PE); Dripping fraction; Burning rate; Core temperature profile; ELECTRIC WIRE; POLYMERIC COATINGS; GLASS THREADS; COPPER WIRES; FIRE; MECHANISMS; INSULATION;
D O I
10.1016/j.firesaf.2017.03.047
中图分类号
TU [建筑科学];
学科分类号
0813 ;
摘要
Dripping of polymer insulations in wire fire has a potential risk of igniting nearby objects and expanding the size of fire, but has not been well studied so far. In this experimental study, dripping behaviors during the flame spread over horizontal and vertical polyethylene (PE) insulated wires were investigated without external airflow. Two different wire dimensions - core/wire diameter of 3.5/8.0 and 5.5/9.0 mm and three different PE insulations were tested. To identify effects of the core, wires with solid copper (Cu) core, hollow stainless steel (SS) core, and without core were tested, and both core and insulation temperatures were also measured during the flame spread. Experimental results showed that the high-conductance copper core acted as a heat source downstream to increase the flame-spread rate. However, in the upstream burning zone, the copper core also acted as a heat sink to cool the molten insulation and reduce its mobility. Thus, the copper core extended the residence time of molten insulation inside the flame to facilitate the burning while reducing the dripping. Moreover, for the downward flame spread, the heating by the dripping flow of hot molten insulation dominated over the heating by the core. The downward dripping flow is driven by gravity while limited by the viscous and surface tension forces. Therefore, the limited dripping flow along the cooler copper core reduced the downward flame spread. The trend of results was also found to be insensitive to the type of PE insulation. This is the first time that within a single flame, the simultaneous dual effect of the heat source and heat sink for the wire core was observed, and the influence of dripping on the flame spread over the wire was discovered.
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页数:11
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