1. Effect of oxygen concentration on the combustion of horizontally-oriented slabs of PMMA
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Maxime Mense, M. Coutin, Y. Pizzo, Bernard Porterie, David Alibert, Institut universitaire des systèmes thermiques industriels (IUSTI), Aix Marseille Université (AMU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), and Institut de Radioprotection et de Sûreté Nucléaire (IRSN)
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[PHYS]Physics [physics] ,Convection ,Materials science ,Analytical chemistry ,General Physics and Astronomy ,020101 civil engineering ,02 engineering and technology ,General Chemistry ,Mole fraction ,Combustion ,0201 civil engineering ,Calorimeter ,020401 chemical engineering ,Heat flux ,Heat transfer ,Slab ,General Materials Science ,Limiting oxygen concentration ,0204 chemical engineering ,Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality - Abstract
International audience; The aim of this study is to collect data on the combustion of horizontally-oriented poly(methyl methacrylate) (PMMA) samples in reduced oxygen atmospheres for CFD model validation. Experimental results relating the oxygen concentration to the burning behavior of 3-cm-thick clear PMMA slabs are discussed. Experiments are conducted in the controlled atmosphere calorimeter of IRSN called CADUCEE. Pyrolysis and combustion of 0.2×0.2 m2 horizontally-oriented PMMA samples are studied varying the oxygen molar fraction from 0.210 to 0.180, extinction occurring at about 0.175. The measured quantities are the regression rate of the slab, mass loss rate, temperatures and total and radiative heat fluxes at the center of the slab. All experiments are carried out twice, showing a good repeatability. It is found that the slab regression rate, mass loss rate and heat fluxes at the slab center decrease significantly with the oxygen concentration, while the gas temperature is much less sensitive. Most notable is that the radiative and convective contributions to the total heat flux remain almost constant, respectively 0.65 and 0.35. It is also found that both heat fluxes and mass loss rate exhibit linear oxygen-concentration-dependent behavior. From an energy balance and current average values of the total heat flux and regression rate at the center of the slab, the present study obtains a heat of gasification value of 2.25 MJ kg−1, in agreement with literature data. © 2017 Elsevier Ltd
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- 2017