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Effect of oxygen concentration and external radiation on the thermal decomposition and combustion characteristics of electric wire

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The aim of this study is to investigate the thermal decomposition and combustion characteristics of electric wire under different oxygen concentrations and external radiations. Fire propagation apparatus was used, and the thermal decomposition, limit oxygen concentration, ignition time, mass loss rate, and heat release rate are discussed. It was found that under nitrogen atmosphere, higher external heat flux promoted the thermal decomposition. The mass loss rate of decomposition exhibited a linear behavior versus radiant heat flux. The limit oxygen concentration was linearly reduced with increasing external heat flux. For the combustion process, the ignition time decreased while the mass loss rate increased with the increasing oxygen concentration and external heat flux. The wire sample used in this study is proved to be thermally thin and the increase rate of the mass loss rate reduced under high external heat flux. The peak heat release rate increases with oxygen concentration under low external heat flux. While under high external heat flux, the peak heat release rate first increaseed and then decreaseed with oxygen concentration due to the effect of increasing heat blockage effect.

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Acknowledgement

This work was supported by Class General Financial Grant from the China Postdoctoral Science Foundation [No. 2019M653876XB] and Scientific Research of Shaanxi Provincial Department of Education [No. 20JK0769].

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  1. College of Urban Construction and Safety Engineering, Shanghai Institute of Technology, Shanghai, 200000, People’s Republic of China

    Zhao Yanli & Zhang Xiaoliang

  2. School of Civil Engineering, Chong Qing Three Gorges University, Chongqing, 400000, People’s Republic of China

    Zhang Xuelin

  3. Department of Engineering Physics, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100000, People’s Republic of China

    Luo Shengfeng

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All authors contributed to the study conception and design. Material preparation, data collection and analysis were performed by Zhao Yanli, Zhang Xuelin, Luo Shengfeng and Zhang Xiaoliang. The first draft of the manuscript was written by Zhao Yanli and all authors commented on previous versions of the manuscript. All authors read and approved the final manuscript.

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Yanli, Z., Xuelin, Z., Shengfeng, L. et al. Effect of oxygen concentration and external radiation on the thermal decomposition and combustion characteristics of electric wire. J Therm Anal Calorim 147, 7775–7784 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10973-021-11059-9

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