Flame Propagation Apparatus
Fire Propagation Apparatus, Rushbrook Fire Lab, University of Edinburgh
The Flame Propagation Apparatus (FPA) like the cone calorimeter is a heat release calorimeter, but differs in that it uses infra-red heaters, to heat the sample. The FPA is used to determine:
Currently, the FPA used in the Rushbrook Fire lab, at the University of Edinburgh, is the only one of it's kind in the U.K. It can impose a heat flux of up to 80kW/m2, supplied by infrared heaters, which are cooled with a water coolant system. Quartz cylinders control, and supply, level of oxygen content to the specimen flame while enabling radiant heat from the infrared heating system to reach the sample.
- Critical heat flux for Ignition
- Thermal response parameter
- Effective heat of combustion
- Chemical and convective heat release rates
- Fire Propagation Index
- Average Corrosion Index
- Smoke yield
Currently, the FPA used in the Rushbrook Fire lab, at the University of Edinburgh, is the only one of it's kind in the U.K. It can impose a heat flux of up to 80kW/m2, supplied by infrared heaters, which are cooled with a water coolant system. Quartz cylinders control, and supply, level of oxygen content to the specimen flame while enabling radiant heat from the infrared heating system to reach the sample.
