1、Designation:E159113An American National StandardStandard Guide forObtaining Data for Fire Growth Models1This standard is issued under the fixed designation E1591;the number immediately following the designation indicates the year oforiginal adoption or,in the case of revision,the year of last revisi
2、on.A number in parentheses indicates the year of last reapproval.Asuperscript epsilon()indicates an editorial change since the last revision or reapproval.1.Scope1.1 This guide describes data required as input for math-ematical fire growth models.1.2 Guidelines are presented on how the data can beob
3、tained.1.3 The emphasis in this guide is on ignition,pyrolysis andflame spread models for solid materials.1.4 The values stated in SI units are to be regarded asstandard.No other units of measurement are included in thisstandard.1.5 This standard does not purport to address all of thesafety concerns
4、,if any,associated with its use.It is theresponsibility of the user of this standard to establish appro-priate safety and health practices and determine the applica-bility of regulatory limitations prior to use.1.6 This fire standard cannot be used to provide quantitativemeasures.2.Referenced Docume
5、nts2.1 ASTM Standards:2C177 Test Method for Steady-State Heat Flux Measure-ments and Thermal Transmission Properties by Means ofthe Guarded-Hot-Plate ApparatusC518 Test Method for Steady-State Thermal TransmissionProperties by Means of the Heat Flow Meter ApparatusC835 Test Method for Total Hemisphe
6、rical Emittance ofSurfaces up to 1400CC1371 Test Method for Determination of Emittance ofMaterials Near Room Temperature Using Portable Emis-sometersD2395 Test Methods for Specific Gravity of Wood andWood-Based MaterialsD3417 Test Method for Enthalpies of Fusion and Crystalli-zation of Polymers by D
7、ifferential Scanning Calorimetry(DSC)(Withdrawn 2004)3D5865 Test Method for Gross Calorific Value of Coal andCokeE176 Terminology of Fire StandardsE408 Test Methods for Total Normal Emittance of SurfacesUsing Inspection-Meter TechniquesE472 Practice for Reporting Thermoanalytical Data(With-drawn 199
8、5)3E537 Test Method for The Thermal Stability of Chemicalsby Differential Scanning CalorimetryE793 Test Method for Enthalpies of Fusion and Crystalliza-tion by Differential Scanning CalorimetryE906 Test Method for Heat and Visible Smoke ReleaseRates for Materials and Products Using a ThermopileMetho
9、dE967 Test Method for Temperature Calibration of Differen-tial Scanning Calorimeters and Differential Thermal Ana-lyzersE968 Practice for Heat Flow Calibration of DifferentialScanning CalorimetersE1321 Test Method for Determining Material Ignition andFlame Spread PropertiesE1354 Test Method for Heat
10、 and Visible Smoke ReleaseRates for Materials and Products Using an Oxygen Con-sumption CalorimeterE1537 Test Method for Fire Testing of Upholstered Furni-tureE1623 Test Method for Determination of Fire and ThermalParameters of Materials,Products,and Systems Using anIntermediate Scale Calorimeter(IC
11、AL)E2058 Test Methods for Measurement of Synthetic PolymerMaterial Flammability Using a Fire Propagation Appara-tus(FPA)E2257 Test Method for Room Fire Test of Wall and CeilingMaterials and Assemblies3.Terminology3.1 DefinitionsFor definitions of terms appearing in thisguide,refer to Terminology E17
12、6.1This guide is under the jurisdiction ofASTM Committee E05 on Fire Standardsand is the direct responsibility of Subcommittee E05.33 on Fire Safety Engineering.Current edition approved April 1,2013.Published May 2013.Originallyapproved in 1994.Last previous edition approved in 2007 as E159107.DOI:1
13、0.1520/E1591-13.2For referenced ASTM standards,visit the ASTM website,www.astm.org,orcontact ASTM Customer Service at serviceastm.org.For Annual Book of ASTMStandards volume information,refer to the standards Document Summary page onthe ASTM website.3The last approved version of this historical stan
14、dard is referenced onwww.astm.org.Copyright ASTM International,100 Barr Harbor Drive,PO Box C700,West Conshohocken,PA 19428-2959.United States1 4.Significance and Use4.1 This guide is intended primarily for users and develop-ers of mathematical fire growth models.It is also useful forpeople conducti
15、ng fire tests,making them aware of someimportant applications and uses for small-scale fire test results.The guide thus contributes to increased accuracy in fire growthmodel calculations,which depend greatly on the quality of theinput data.4.2 The emphasis of this guide is on ignition,pyrolysis andf
16、lame spread models for solid materials.5.Summary of Guide5.1 This guide provides a compilation of material propertiesand other data that are needed as input for mathematical firegrowth models.For every input parameter,the guide includesa detailed description and information on how it can beobtained.5.2 The following input parameters are discussed:6.1,combustion efficiency;6.2,density;6.3,emissivity;6.4,flameextinction coefficient;6.5,flame spread parameter;6.6,heat ofcombustion;6.7,heat of gasif
