Experimental study on melting and flowing behavior of thermoplastics combustion based on a new setup with a T-shape trough

Journal of Hazardous Materials

Volumn 166, Issue 2-3, 2009, Pages 1321-1325

  Xie, Qiyuan ^a   Zhang, Heping ^a   Ye, Ruibo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

Author keywords

Combustion; Flowing; Melting; T shape trough; Thermoplastics

Indexed keywords

CO CONCENTRATIONS; EXPERIMENTAL SET-UP; EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES; FIRE PARAMETERS; FLOWING; HEAT RELEASE RATES; IGNITION TEMPERATURES; MAXIMUM DISTANCES; POOL FIRES; SOFTENING TEMPERATURES; T-SHAPE TROUGH; VERTICAL WALLS; VISCOSITY COEFFICIENTS; WALL FIRES;

COMBUSTION; DISASTERS; FIRE PROTECTION; FIRES; LAKES; MELTING; PUMPING PLANTS; SMOKE; THERMOCHEMISTRY; THERMOPLASTICS;

REINFORCED PLASTICS;

PLASTIC;

COMBUSTION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); MELTING; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; VISCOSITY;

ARTICLE; COMBUSTION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FIRE; FLOW MEASUREMENT; HEAT; MELTING POINT; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SIMULATION; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; VISCOSITY;

CARBON MONOXIDE; FIRES; FREEZING; HOT TEMPERATURE; MATERIALS TESTING; PLASTICS; POLYETHYLENE; POLYPROPYLENES; RHEOLOGY; VISCOSITY;

EID: 67349244690     PISSN: 03043894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2008.12.057     Document Type: Article

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