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ArticlePolymers2020

Experimental Study on Flammability and Flame Spread Characteristics of Polyvinyl Chloride (PVC) Cable.

Weiguang An, Yanhua Tang, Kai Liang, Tao Wang, Yang Zhou, Zhijie Wen

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Article in Polymers, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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1.7field-weighted citation impact, top 17% of its field
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2 citing papers in PubMed, 26 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Weiguang AnJiangsu Key Laboratory of Fire Safety in Urban Underground Space, China University of Mining and Technology, Xuzhou 221116, China.
Yanhua TangJiangsu Key Laboratory of Fire Safety in Urban Underground Space, China University of Mining and Technology, Xuzhou 221116, China.
Kai LiangJiangsu Key Laboratory of Fire Safety in Urban Underground Space, China University of Mining and Technology, Xuzhou 221116, China.
Tao WangJiangsu Key Laboratory of Fire Safety in Urban Underground Space, China University of Mining and Technology, Xuzhou 221116, China.
Yang ZhouSchool of Civil Engineering, Central South University, Changsha 410075, China.
Zhijie WenKey Laboratory of Mining Disaster Prevention and Control, Qingdao 266590, China.
China University of Mining and Technology · CNCentral South University · CN

Funding

Independent Research Project of State Key Laboratory of Coal Resources and Safe Mining, CUMT SKLCRSM2020X03National Key Research and Development Program of China 2018YFC0808100; 2016YFC0802900National Natural Science Foundation of China 51974298
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Polyvinyl chloride (PVC) is widely applied in cables as insulation materials, which are vital for operation and control of industrial processes. However, PVC cables fires frequently occur, arousing public concern. Therefore, experimental methods are used to study flammability and flame-spread characteristics of PVC cable in this paper. Influences of cable structure and number are investigated, which is scanty in previous works. As cable core number of single cable or cable number of multiple cables rises, average flame height and width increase while the increment decreases. Formulas concerning dimensionless flame height and single cable diameter (or total width of multiple cables) are obtained. The former is negatively correlated with the latter. For single cable, convective heat transfer is dominant, and flame-spread rate decreases as cable core number increases. Cable maximum temperature, which drops first and then rises as cable core number increases, is observed in the cable core area. For multiple cable, the flame-spread rate increases as cable number increases. As the cable number rises, the length of pyrolysis and combustion zone increases while the maximum temperature of cable surface decreases. This work is beneficial to fire hazard evaluation and safety design of PVC cables.

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cable structureflame sizeflame spreadflammabilitypolyvinyl chloridetemperature distribution

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PMID33255793
PMCPMC7760872
OpenAlexW3109900094

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