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Fully developed fires in “low-energy” and “energy-efficient” buildings

Livkiss, Karlis (2012) In LUTVDG/TVBB VBRM05 20121
Division of Fire Safety Engineering
Division of Risk Management and Societal Safety
Abstract (Swedish)
Buildings use approximately 40% of the total amount of the consumed energy in EU and USA.
New design approaches and materials are used to reduce the energy consumption for space
heating, ventilation, lightning and other domestic necessities. There is a need to investigate
effect of these design features on the fire safety.
Increased compartment size can contribute to the fire duration and non-uniform heating of the
structural elements. Bigger window areas increase probability of a fuel controlled fire.
Advanced glazing systems show better performance, when exposed to high temperatures.
Building materials can contribute to the fire load inside a fire compartment. Boundary material
properties influence the probability of a flashover... (More)
Buildings use approximately 40% of the total amount of the consumed energy in EU and USA.
New design approaches and materials are used to reduce the energy consumption for space
heating, ventilation, lightning and other domestic necessities. There is a need to investigate
effect of these design features on the fire safety.
Increased compartment size can contribute to the fire duration and non-uniform heating of the
structural elements. Bigger window areas increase probability of a fuel controlled fire.
Advanced glazing systems show better performance, when exposed to high temperatures.
Building materials can contribute to the fire load inside a fire compartment. Boundary material
properties influence the probability of a flashover and the fire room temperature.
Vacuum insulation panel (VIP) is a state-of-the-art building insulation solution. Bench scale
tests were conducted with the VIP samples, consisting of a flammable protective envelope and
an incombustible siliceous core. 71-129kW/m2 HRR peak was estimated with the total burning
time of approximately 75 seconds. The total released energy was estimated to be 1.6-4.1MJ/m2.
Degradation of the core material and increased rate of the heat flow through the sample was
observed after exposure to the high heat flux. (Less)
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author
Livkiss, Karlis
supervisor
organization
course
VBRM05 20121
year
type
H2 - Master's Degree (Two Years)
subject
keywords
Fire, energy conservation, low-energy buildings, vacuum insulating panels
publication/series
LUTVDG/TVBB
report number
5382
ISSN
1402-3504
language
English
id
2798644
date added to LUP
2012-06-19 10:58:57
date last changed
2014-03-10 10:40:41
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  abstract     = {{Buildings use approximately 40% of the total amount of the consumed energy in EU and USA.
New design approaches and materials are used to reduce the energy consumption for space
heating, ventilation, lightning and other domestic necessities. There is a need to investigate
effect of these design features on the fire safety.
Increased compartment size can contribute to the fire duration and non-uniform heating of the
structural elements. Bigger window areas increase probability of a fuel controlled fire.
Advanced glazing systems show better performance, when exposed to high temperatures.
Building materials can contribute to the fire load inside a fire compartment. Boundary material
properties influence the probability of a flashover and the fire room temperature.
Vacuum insulation panel (VIP) is a state-of-the-art building insulation solution. Bench scale
tests were conducted with the VIP samples, consisting of a flammable protective envelope and
an incombustible siliceous core. 71-129kW/m2 HRR peak was estimated with the total burning
time of approximately 75 seconds. The total released energy was estimated to be 1.6-4.1MJ/m2.
Degradation of the core material and increased rate of the heat flow through the sample was
observed after exposure to the high heat flux.}},
  author       = {{Livkiss, Karlis}},
  issn         = {{1402-3504}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  note         = {{Student Paper}},
  series       = {{LUTVDG/TVBB}},
  title        = {{Fully developed fires in “low-energy” and “energy-efficient” buildings}},
  year         = {{2012}},
}