Recently the fire protection engineering community has started to use comprehensive pyrolysis models, to analyze the thermal performance of fire resistant polymers. In order to use these pyrolysis models material kinetics must be understood. This study evaluated recently proposed simplified kinetic modeling and analysis techniques. Limited available literature on this topic makes it pertinent research to add to the fire protection engineering field.

• This report represents the work of one or more WPI undergraduate students submitted to the faculty as evidence of completion of a degree requirement. WPI routinely publishes these reports on its website without editorial or peer review.

Creator

• Walde, Caitlin Elizabeth
• Long, Mary Alexis
• McMillan, Natalie Elizabeth
• Gillespie, Brianna Helen

Publisher

• Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Identifier

• E-project-050114-000748

Advisor

• DiBiasio, David
• Dembsey, Nicholas A.

Year

• 2014

Sponsor

• Kreysler and Associates

Date created

• 2014-05-01

Resource type

• Major Qualifying Project

Major

• Mechanical Engineering
• Chemical Engineering

Rights statement

• In Copyright