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Roll-paper storage is one of the most challenging hazards for fire protection. This work studies the fire behavior of hard surface roll paper with different paper basis weights (i.e., area density) and inert content. Intermediate-scale tests were conducted including both free-burn tests and water suppression tests using the water application apparatus (WAA). The measured heat release rates (HRRs) and applied water fluxes were analyzed to calculate the critical delivered flux (CDF) for the selected papers. The test results showed that roll paper with a larger area density or a higher inert content generally has a lower fire growth rate and a lower CDF. A roll paper density parameter is proposed to reflect the impact of both the paper basis weight and inert content. This parameter shows consistent correlations with fire growth and suppression and thus can be recommended as a means of roll paper classification for fire protection.
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This work was funded by the FM Global strategic research program for roll paper fire protection. The authors thank Drs. Lou Gritzo, Yibing Xin, Franco Tamanini, and Yi Wang for their support.
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Zhou, X., Zeng, D., Dorofeev, S. (2020). Experimental Studies of Roll-Paper Storage Burning Behavior with Water Application. In: Wu, GY., Tsai, KC., Chow, W.K. (eds) The Proceedings of 11th Asia-Oceania Symposium on Fire Science and Technology. AOSFST 2018. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-32-9139-3_53
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