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Characteristics of a Typical Indoor Seat of Fire

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The paper presents the results of experimental investigations of the main characteristics of a typical indoor seat of fire at the stages of initiating the ignition of combustible materials and in the process of their burning. Wood material, wood fiberboard, linoleum, and plastic panels have been used as combustible materials. We registered the characteristics of the seat of fire, viz., the temperature in the zone of burning of combustible materials, the times of termination of their flame combustion, and thermal decomposition, the concentrations of gaseous products of pyrolysis and combustion of these materials. The possibility of indentifying the material dominating in the seat of fire has been substantiated. Reliable identification of such material makes it possible to optimize the process of suppressing the seat of fire.

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    A. O. Zhdanova, S. S. Kropotova & G. V. Kuznetsov

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Translated from Inzhenerno-Fizicheskii Zhurnal, Vol. 96, No. 1, pp. 145–151, January–February, 2023.

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Zhdanova, A.O., Kopylov, N.P., Kropotova, S.S. et al. Characteristics of a Typical Indoor Seat of Fire. J Eng Phys Thermophy 96, 143–149 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10891-023-02670-8

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