Research of Mechanism of Fire Protection with Wood Lacquer

The results of researches of wood burning parameters and influence of fire-retardant substances on them are given. Studies have shown that the process of heat insulation of a wooden structure is the formation of soot-like products on the surface of natural combustible material. Under the action of the burner flame on the protected sample treated with impregnating solutions based on a mixture of ammonium phosphate with antiseptic, the temperature of gaseous combustion products was 230 oC, and weight loss did not exceed 9%, while wood treated with a composition of urea and phosphoric acids and starch showed temperature of 160 oС with a weight loss of 3.6%. It is established that fire protection by coatings provides a low rate of burnout of wood samples and with increasing temperature exposure and translates into a non-flammable material that does not spread the flame on the surface.

BROADLEAVED TREE TRUNKS CHARRING DURING FOREST FIRES WITHIN THE UKRAINIAN ROZTOCHYA

Introduction. On the territory of Ukrainian Roztochya and Male Polissya (Zhovkva part of Roztochya included) fires often occur in natural ecosystems – forest fires, meadow vegetation burning, stubble, landfills, and peatlands. Such fires, in addition to the destruction of property, cause significant emissions of incomplete combustion products and smoke into the air. Charring of broadleaved species, along with conifers, needs more detailed research, as the territory of the Ukrainian Roztochya is dominated by hornbeam-oak-pine, mixed oak, and beech forests.Aim. The object of the paper is to investigate the degree of tree trunks charring of the main forest-forming species in the Ukrainian Roztochya during forest fires based on experimental data.Research methods. Freshly cut trees were exposed to heating for 10 minutes, at periods of 1 minute, 3, and 5 minutes, checking the degree of damage to the trunk (charring, mm). Repeatability of the experiment – three times. Basing on received data the charring of broadleaved tree trunks in the Ukrainian Roztocze was determined. The flame temperature was measured by a GM1150A non-contact pyrometer. The level of burnout was measured by a ruler made following GOST 17435-72. A stopwatch was used to record the time of burning. Results and discussion. The experiments were performed in the fresh air under close-to-natural conditions. The fire source was an artificial open flame. Freshly cut tree trunks were installed vertically, right in the burning zone. Cutting residues, fallen dry leaves, straw, dry grass was used as flammable material. It was found that the lowest degree of charring is inherent to oak, which has burned by 38 mm during 10 minutes (with log thickness of 124 mm). Species such as hornbeam and maple completely burned out in 10 minutes (in diameters of 129 mm and 140 mm).Conclusions. Investigations of temperature effects on the main forest-forming species of the region have shown that they all differ in charring during forest fires. Three species grown in Ukrainian Roztochya were selected – hornbeam (Carpinus betulus), oak (Quercus robur), and maple (Acer platanoides). To prevent fires in forests, fire lanes should be planned with oak plantations on the edge of the forest.

Mechanical and flammability properties of a polyamide 6,6 nanocomposite for nonstructural marine engine components

The actual replacement of traditional metallic components with plastic-based materials in the marine sector is currently extremely limited, mainly due to mechanical requirements and flammability issues. In this work, a fiberglass-reinforced polyamide 6,6 matrix, loaded with innovative flame retardants based on nanosized organoclays has been evaluated as a replacement for aluminum in a marine engine cover. Experimental data were acquired to assess the mechanical performances and flammability properties of this novel polymer nanocomposite in comparison with those of a commercial sample based on the same polymeric matrix loaded with traditional flame retardants. The results showed that then use of nanoclays in place of standard flame retardants increased the mechanical properties of the polymer nanocomposite at all tested temperatures (22% of modulus increase at 20 °C, 93% at 110 °C), concomitantly meeting the minimum nonflammability requirements (self-extinguishing, without dropping of flammable material).

The barrier layer protecting wooden products against fire action with the use of component plywood Part I Core material – plywood

The barrier layer protecting wooden products against fire action with the use of component plywood Part I Core material – plywood. Research on the barrier layer protecting wooden products against fire action with the use of component plywood are presented on the example of the composite plywood. The composite plywood consisting of: 3-layer protected against fire component plywood and 9-layer core plywood - beech UF- industrial, classic – not protected against fire (thickness 14.5 mm) was produced. Fire resistance of the component plywood was sufficient to protect core plywood against fire. The combustion index ranged from 0.68 to 0.75 and the flammability index oscillated between 0.06 and 0.07 which allows to classify composite plywood as a hardly flammable material acc. to PN-96/B-02874. Component plywood can be a semi-finished product useful for the production of fireproof wood- based materials.

The Evaluation of the Application of Fire Extinguisher Installation in the Plastic Sack Industry

Introduction: Plastic sack industry is an industry that has medium (3) level of fire potential, caused by the material used in the production process is flammable and the industry itself uses electricity to generate heat. In this situation, a protection system is needed in the form of fire extinguisher. By seeing the fire potential in the plastic sack industry, this study aimed to evaluate the installation of fire extinguisher as an effort to prevent and control fire. Method: This study was an observational study through cross-sectional research design. The research samples were 45 fire extinguishers and the variables of the research were fire extinguisher installation process. Result: The classification of fire in the plastic sack industry was A, B, and C. The industry had 45 fire extinguishers spread through the whole production area and office area. It was found that there were three types of fire extinguisher with different capacity on every type, condition, label, height and the sign of installation that still did not comply to the regulation. Conclusion: Fire extinguisher installation in plastic sack industry does not follow the regulations such as procedures of installation and maintenance of fire extinguisher, team of fire prevention, color, the high of installation, condition and placement, label on tube, and marker of fire extinguisher, so it needs to take corrective actions to improve the performance of fire extinguisher when it is used. Keywords: fire extinguisher, fire extinguisher installation, flammable material, plastic sack, protection system

Fire alert system through text messages, with arduino mega technology and GSM SIM 900 module

<span>The purpose of this article is to develop a fire alert system, to implement under the use of Arduino Mega technology and GSM module SIM 900 (GSM: Global System for mobile communications, SIM: Minimum System), with which through The programming and interconnection between these components can be obtained by capturing data through MQ2 sensors installed in the Industrial Automation Laboratory of the National Technological University of South Lima, and then send a fire alert signal through text messages to a mobile equipment located outside the laboratory; at a distance of 1000 meters; The relevance of this research is that its optimal response, detects the application of this system to the industrial park of Villa El Salvador, which has multiple warehouses, which a newspaper is affected by fire hazards, by the amount of flammable material They owned. Developing the investigation will determine the existence of a correlation factor of 0.973, between the reception time of the alert signal, with respect to the distance in the MQ2 sensor to detect the smoke; This factor tells us to state that the correlation is significant between both variables; with a ratio percentage equal to 98.90%, which was selected by the determination factor R². </span>

Automatic Processing of Aerial LiDAR Data to Detect Vegetation Continuity in the Surroundings of Roads

The optimization of forest management in the surroundings of roads is a necessary task in term of wildfire prevention and the mitigation of their effects. One of the reasons why a forest fire spreads is the presence of contiguous flammable material, both horizontally and vertically and, thus, vegetation management becomes essential in preventive actions. This work presents a methodology to detect the continuity of vegetation based on aerial Light Detection and Ranging (LiDAR) point clouds, in combination with point cloud processing techniques. Horizontal continuity is determined by calculating Cover Canopy Fraction (CCF). The results obtained show 50% of shrubs presence and 33% of trees presence in the selected case of study, with an error of 5.71%. Regarding vertical continuity, a forest structure composed of a single stratum represents 81% of the zone. In addition, the vegetation located in areas around the roads were mapped, taking into consideration the distances established in the applicable law. Analyses show that risky areas range from a total of 0.12 ha in a 2 m buffer and 0.48 ha in a 10 m buffer, representing a 2.4% and 9.5% of the total study area, respectively.

Assessment of Fire Safety of Coatings Based on Silicate Paint Sol

The results of the study the fire safety of coatings, based on silicate and sol silicate paints, are presented. The rapid method of the fire tube (based on the definitions of the duration of self-combustion or smoldering and on the mass loss of the sample after exposure to an open flame) established that the coatings belong to the group of non-flammable material, for coatings, based on poly-silicate solutions, have a lower loss of mass, in comparison with coatings based on liquid glass. At the flammability test on the TPR it was established, that coating based on potassium liquid glass and potassium poly-silicate solution did not ignite seen, even at a temperature of 760 degrees. There is no smoke emission. However, a change in the shape and color was recorded. The weight loss of the sample of the coating, based on potassium liquid glass, was 30.14% by weight, and the coating sample, based on the potassium poly-silicate solution, was 27.14%. The evidence of improvement of fire hazard characteristics of coatings based on poly-silicate solutions is obtained.

Research of ERAWA-1 and ERAWA-2 Reactive Cassettes

In the paper there are presented general parameters of shaped charge projectiles (SC) and explosively formed projectiles (EFP), designed for destroying of armed vehicles, and parameters of explosive reactive armours (ERA), which significantly increase capability of protection of rolled homogeneous armour (RHA) against piercing by these projectiles. There are shown examples of destruction of tanks not protected by the ERA. Their parameters are presented on the base of ERAWA-1 and ERAWA-2 Polish reactive cassettes for PT-91 Hard tank. There are described the following requirements: capability of protection of ERAWA-1 and ERAWA-2 cassettes as a result of reaction in the static test of shaped charge projectiles PG-7 and 125 mm BK-14M, effect in the dynamic test of 125 mm BM-15 projectile that pierces through due to its kinetic energy, and resistance to detonation of the cassettes fired by 12.7×107 mm AP B-32 projectiles. There are demonstrated results of the resistance to detonation of the neighboring ERAWA cassettes in case of detonation of the central cassette in the panel. There are presented results of test of resistance to detonation of the ERAWA cassettes while burning on them flammable material (gasoline, napalm), and resistance to detonation of the cassettes dropped from 3 m height onto a hard substrate of RHA. The safe distance for humans after detonation of the projectile and ERAWA-2 cassette was also tested.

Risk Assessment of Releasing Flammable Material from Liquefied Petroleum Gas Tanks by Bowtie Method and Vulnerability Zoning by PHAST Software

Introduction: The release of storage tanks' contents can lead to consequences such as BLEVE, explosions, fires, etc. Therefore, identifying the causes of content release, determining the scenarios, consequences, and possibility of incidents are required to prevent possible accidents. Moreover, the vulnerability and safety ranges should be determined to minimize the losses. Methods: In this research, the Bowtie method was used to evaluate the risk caused by the pressurized reservoirs. After identifying the risks of process hazards and determining the main, middle, and base events, the fault tree was mapped. Then, the events probability was calculated. In the next step, the event tree was designed to determine different scenarios of events and identify the consequences of each incident. Later, the probability of consequences was calculated. The Bowtie diagram was designed in the next step. Finally, the vulnerability zone was determined for each of the consequences using the PHAST software. Results: Considering the Bowtie's analysis, a total of 27 events including 21 base events, six mid events were determined. Furthermore, 15 minimal counts along with their event probabilities and importance were identified. In this regard, nine outcomes and scenarios were determined along with their probabilities. The widest human vulnerability zone was related to cloud and steam explosions. Conclusion: Leakage from the reservoir and connections, overflow, and PRVs are among the important defects of liquefied petroleum gas reservoirs. Considering the high probability of consequences and in order to prevent from the severity and damages of accidents, systems such as cooling system and fire stop system are required in the unit.