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Research ArticleMathematical Modeling of Heat and Mass TransferProcesses with Chemical Reaction at Polymeric MaterialIgnition by Several Small-Size Hot Particles
Dmitrii O. Glushkov and Pavel A. Strizhak
National Research Tomsk Polytechnic University, 30 Lenin Avenue, Tomsk 634050, Russia
Correspondence should be addressed to Dmitrii O. Glushkov; [email protected]
Received 9 May 2014; Revised 7 July 2014; Accepted 13 October 2014
Academic Editor: Christopher Gunaseelan Jesudason
Copyright ยฉ 2015 D. O. Glushkov and P. A. Strizhak. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative CommonsAttribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work isproperly cited.
Numerical research of interconnected heat and mass transfer processes in the โtwo hot particlesโpolymeric materialโairโ systemwas executed. The joint effect of several local heat sources on the main integrated characteristic of ignition process (ignition delaytime) was established. Two ignitionmodels characterized by the relative positioning of hot particles on a polymericmaterial surfacewere revealed. Besides, there were established characteristics of local heat sources and the distance between them (700K < ๐๐ <
1150K and ๐ฟ > 1.5 or ๐๐ > 1150K and 0.25 < ๐ฟ < 1.5) when regularities of heat and mass transfer processes in the โtwohot particlesโpolymeric materialโairโ system are similar to regularities of heat and mass transfer processes in the โsingle hotparticleโpolymeric materialโairโ system.
1. Introduction
In recent years, polymeric materials (polymethyl methacry-late, polystyrene, polyethylene, etc.) have been widelyadopted in various industries as decorative and constructiveelements. Polymeric material products are very susceptible tothermal effects [1โ4] even at rather low outside temperature(๐ โ 400โ600K). Under conditions of some technologicalprocesses (at increased ambient temperature) strength char-acteristics are changed, melting occurs, dangerous carcino-gens and are emitted. Possible temperatures of technologicalprocesses for power production can reach more than 1000K.Under such conditions, the probability of local power sources(metal andnonmetallic particleswarmed to high temperaturewith sizes about several millimeters) formation is high [5โ9].
The numerical research results [10, 11] were obtainedfor thermal conduction and thermal convection processesduring a polymeric material ignition by a single metalparticle heated to high temperature. Established theoreticalconsequences can be used for developing guidelines andmethods to reduce the flammability, ignition preventing, and
subsequent stages of polymeric material combustion pro-cesses. However, in practice, several (two, three, etc.) small-size particles heated to high temperature can cause fires.Ignition conditions and heat transfer characteristics may bedifferent for the โsingle hot particleโpolymeric materialโairโ system and the โtwo hot particlesโpolymeric materialโairโ system. For example, it is known that ignition delay timeof solid condensed substance (composite propellant) at highconcentration (large number per unit area surfaces) of hotparticles in the gas stream equals the values of ignition delaytime at condensed substance heating by a massive plate withconstant (during ignition period) high temperature [5, 6].Therefore, more detailed information about characteristics ofphysical and chemical processes at polymeric material heat-ing by several hot particles is necessary for the developmentof relevant precautionary activities.
The purpose of the present study was to develop themathematical model and analyze the characteristics of inter-connected heat and mass transfer processes during inter-action of two small-size metal particles heated to hightemperatures with a polymeric material at the accounting
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of thermal conduction in condensed substance and thermaldecomposition of polymeric material, thermal convection,and diffusion and oxidation reaction in outside gas area.
2. Problem Statement
It was determined [12] that ignition conditions for liquidcondensed substances are defined by the distance betweentwo neighboring particles at the various quantities of hotparticles (local heat sources) falling to the flammablematerialsurface.Therefore, previous study results [12] were taken intoaccount at the problem statement.
A scheme with two steel particles heated to high tem-perature in the parallelepiped shape (with the same sizes)situated on the surface of typical polymeric material, poly-methyl methacrylate (PMMA), was chosen to simulate theconditions of hot particle flow interaction with polymericmaterial. We reasonably [12] used the โtwo hot particlesโpolymeric materialโairโ system (Figure 1) instead of theโseveral hot particlesโpolymeric materialโairโ system forheat and mass transfer process investigation. Areas with sizes๐ฅ๐ฟ and ๐ฆ๐ฟ much larger than the sizes of hot particles ๐ฅ๐ and๐ฆ๐ were allocated in polymeric material and air (Figure 1).
The rate of PMMA thermal decomposition processaccelerated at polymeric material near-surface layer heating(at 0 < ๐ก < ๐ก๐) by the heat of hot particles. Gaseous productsof polymericmaterial pyrolysismixedwith an oxidizer (air) atthe diffusion in outside gas area.The gasmixture was warmedby the thermal convection at its movement along lateral sides(๐ฅ = ๐ฅ1, ๐ฅ = ๐ฅ2, ๐ฅ = ๐ฅ3, ๐ฅ = ๐ฅ4, and ๐ฆ1 < ๐ฆ < ๐ฆ2)
of heat sources (Figure 1). The ignition occurred when thetemperature and concentration of combustible component(PMMA gas) reached the critical values.
The assumptions for the problem statement of heat andmass transfer process include the following.
(1) A gas substance with known kinetic parameters isformed as a result of PMMA thermal decomposition.The realization of only one โeffectiveโ oxidation reac-tion where one substance reacts was assumed.
(2) A possible burning out of the polymeric material isnot considered. It was found by the authors [12] thatthe burning out of substance near-surface layer hasan insignificant effect on the ignition characteristicsat local heating during short time period (less than0.5 s).
(3) Surfaces of hot particles and polymericmaterial (๐ฅ1 <๐ฅ < ๐ฅ2, ๐ฅ3 < ๐ฅ < ๐ฅ4, ๐ฆ = ๐ฆ1) have ideal thermalcontact. The possibility of gas gap formation is notconsidered.
Ignition conditions were taken into account [13].(1) The heat release from the oxidation reaction of
PMMA gas is more than the heat consumed by bothhot particles to the heating of polymeric material andgas mixture.
(2) The temperature of gas area in a zone of intenseexothermic reaction exceeds the initial temperature oflocal heat sources.
x
y
1
3
0
22
yL
xL
y1
xp xp
y2 yp
x1 x2 x3 x4
ฮx
Figure 1: A scheme of the solution domain at ๐ก = 0: 1: oxidizer (gasmixture at 0 < ๐ก โค ๐ก๐); 2: hot particle; 3: polymeric material.
3. Mathematical Model and Solution Method
The mathematical model describes the interconnected pro-cesses of thermal conduction and thermal decomposition ina condensed substance and thermal convection and diffusionprocesses and oxidation reaction in the gas area are rep-resented by the system of nonstationary partial differentialequations (0 < ๐ก < ๐ก๐).
For gas mixture (0 < ๐ฅ < ๐ฅ1, ๐ฅ2 < ๐ฅ < ๐ฅ3, ๐ฅ4 < ๐ฅ < ๐ฅ๐ฟ,๐ฆ1 < ๐ฆ < ๐ฆ2; 0 < ๐ฅ < ๐ฅ๐ฟ, ๐ฆ2 < ๐ฆ < ๐ฆ๐ฟ), the followingequations and conditions were implemented.
Poissonโs equation:
๐2๐
๐๐ฅ2+
๐2๐
๐๐ฆ2= โ๐. (1)
The equation of gas mixture movement:
๐๐
๐๐ก
+ ๐ข
๐๐
๐๐ฅ
+ ]๐๐
๐๐ฆ
= ๐1 (๐2๐
๐๐ฅ2+
๐2๐
๐๐ฆ2) + ๐ฝ๐
๐๐1
๐๐ฅ
. (2)
The thermal convection equation:
๐1๐ถ1 (๐๐1
๐๐ก
+ ๐ข
๐๐1
๐๐ฅ
+ ]๐๐1
๐๐ฆ
) = ๐1 (๐2๐1
๐๐ฅ2+
๐2๐1
๐๐ฆ2) + ๐1๐1.
(3)
The diffusion equation:
๐1 (
๐๐ถ๐
๐๐ก
+ ๐ข
๐๐ถ๐
๐๐ฅ
+ ]๐๐ถ๐
๐๐ฆ
) = ๐1๐ท1 (๐2๐1
๐๐ฅ2+
๐2๐1
๐๐ฆ2) โ๐1.
(4)
The balance equation:๐ถ๐ + ๐ถ๐ = 1. (5)
The heat balance equation for hot particles (๐ฅ1 < ๐ฅ < ๐ฅ2,๐ฅ3 < ๐ฅ < ๐ฅ4, ๐ฆ1 < ๐ฆ < ๐ฆ2):
๐2๐ถ2
๐๐2
๐๐ก
= ๐2 (๐2๐2
๐๐ฅ2+
๐2๐2
๐๐ฆ2) . (6)
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The heat balance equation for the polymericmaterial (0 <๐ฅ < ๐ฅ๐ฟ, 0 < ๐ฆ < ๐ฆ1):
๐3๐ถ3
๐๐3
๐๐ก
= ๐3 (๐2๐3
๐๐ฅ2+
๐2๐3
๐๐ฆ2) โ ๐3๐3. (7)
The initial conditions (๐ก = 0):
๐ = ๐0 at 0 < ๐ฅ < ๐ฅ๐ฟ, 0 < ๐ฆ < ๐ฆ1;๐ = ๐๐ at ๐ฅ1 < ๐ฅ < ๐ฅ2, ๐ฅ3 < ๐ฅ < ๐ฅ4, ๐ฆ1 < ๐ฆ < ๐ฆ2;
๐ = ๐0, ๐ถ๐ = 0, ๐ = 0, ๐ = 0
at 0 < ๐ฅ < ๐ฅ1, ๐ฅ2 < ๐ฅ < ๐ฅ3, ๐ฅ4 < ๐ฅ < ๐ฅ๐ฟ, ๐ฆ1 < ๐ฆ < ๐ฆ2;0 < ๐ฅ < ๐ฅ๐ฟ, ๐ฆ2 < ๐ฆ < ๐ฆ๐ฟ.
(8)
The boundary conditions (0 โค ๐ก โค ๐ก๐):
๐ฅ = 0, ๐ฅ = ๐ฅ๐ฟ, 0 < ๐ฆ < ๐ฆ1:๐๐3
๐๐ฅ
= 0;
๐ฅ = 0, ๐ฅ = ๐ฅ๐ฟ, ๐ฆ1 < ๐ฆ < ๐ฆ๐ฟ:
๐๐1
๐๐ฅ
= 0,
๐๐ถ๐
๐๐ฅ
= 0,
๐๐
๐๐ฅ
= 0;
๐ฅ = ๐ฅ1, ๐ฅ = ๐ฅ3, ๐ฆ1 < ๐ฆ < ๐ฆ2:
โ ๐1
๐๐1
๐๐ฅ
= โ๐2
๐๐2
๐๐ฅ
, ๐1 = ๐2,
๐๐ถ๐
๐๐ฅ
= 0,
๐๐
๐๐ฅ
= 0,
๐ = 0;
๐ฅ = ๐ฅ2, ๐ฅ = ๐ฅ4, ๐ฆ1 < ๐ฆ < ๐ฆ2:
โ ๐2
๐๐2
๐๐ฅ
= โ๐1
๐๐1
๐๐ฅ
, ๐2 = ๐1,
๐๐ถ๐
๐๐ฅ
= 0,
๐๐
๐๐ฅ
= 0,
๐ = 0;
๐ฆ = 0, 0 < ๐ฅ < ๐ฅ๐ฟ:๐๐3
๐๐ฆ
= 0;
๐ฆ = ๐ฆ1, 0 < ๐ฅ < ๐ฅ1, ๐ฅ2 < ๐ฅ < ๐ฅ3, ๐ฅ4 < ๐ฅ < ๐ฅ๐ฟ:
โ ๐3
๐๐3
๐๐ฆ
= โ๐1
๐๐1
๐๐ฆ
+ ๐1๐1, ๐3 = ๐1,
๐1๐ท1
๐๐ถ๐
๐๐ฆ
= โ๐3,
๐๐
๐๐ฆ
= 0;
๐ฆ = ๐ฆ1, ๐ฅ1 < ๐ฅ < ๐ฅ2, ๐ฅ3 < ๐ฅ < ๐ฅ4:
โ ๐3
๐๐3
๐๐ฆ
= โ๐2
๐๐2
๐๐ฆ
, ๐3 = ๐2;
๐ฆ = ๐ฆ2, ๐ฅ1 < ๐ฅ < ๐ฅ2, ๐ฅ3 < ๐ฅ < ๐ฅ4:
โ ๐2
๐๐2
๐๐ฆ
= โ๐1
๐๐1
๐๐ฆ
, ๐2 = ๐1,
๐๐ถ๐
๐๐ฆ
= 0,
๐๐
๐๐ฆ
= 0, ๐ = 0;
๐ฆ = ๐ฆ๐ฟ, 0 < ๐ฅ < ๐ฅ๐ฟ:๐๐1
๐๐ฆ
= 0,
๐๐ถ๐
๐๐ฆ
= 0,
๐๐
๐๐ฆ
= 0.
(9)
Stream function ๐ and vortex velocity vector ๐:
๐ข =
๐๐
๐๐ฆ
, V = โ๐๐
๐๐ฅ
, ๐ = rot๐ฆVโ =๐V๐๐ฅ
โ
๐๐ข
๐๐ฆ
. (10)
The mass rate of combustible gas mixture oxidation [14]:
๐1 = ๐1๐0
1b๐๐b๐๐exp(โ ๐ธ1
๐ ๐1
) , (11)
where ๐ and๐ are constants (๐ = ๐ = 1).The mass rate of polymeric material pyrolysis:
๐3 = โซ
๐ฆ1
0
๐3๐0
3exp(โ
๐ธ3
๐ ๐๐
)๐๐ฆ. (12)
The diffusion coefficient of polymeric material thermaldecomposition products in a gas mixture:
๐ท1 = ๐ท0(๐1
273
)
1.7
. (13)
Volume fractions of gas mixture components were deter-mined by its dimensionless mass concentrations:
๐๐ =
๐ถ๐/๐๐
๐ถ๐/๐๐ + ๐ถ๐/๐๐
, ๐๐ + ๐๐ = 1. (14)
Thermophysical properties of gasmixture were defined as
๐1 = ๐๐๐๐ + ๐๐๐๐,
๐ถ1 = ๐ถ๐๐๐ + ๐ถ๐๐๐,
๐1 = ๐๐๐๐ + ๐๐๐๐.
(15)
The system of (1)โ(7) with the corresponding initialand boundary conditions was solved by the finite differencemethod. The equations of elliptic type (Poissonโs and gasmixture movement) were solved by the alternating directionmethod. Difference analogues of heat balance and diffu-sion equations were solved by the locally one-dimensionalmethod. A system of differential equations was solved by theiteration method and the sweep method at each iteration (fornonlinear equations), using the implicit four-point differencescheme.
In developing the algorithm for solving numerically theignition problem, we used the elements of the algorithmdeveloped for the numerical simulation of conjugate heattransfer processes at the local heating of an area with limitedsizes [15]. To improve the accuracy of integrated charac-teristics computation, we used not less than 500 knots ofdifference grid for each coordinate and chose a short time stepฮ๐ก = 10
โ6 s.The verification of numerical research results wasexecuted similar to [10, 11] by the test of conservation for theused difference scheme.The error of the energy conservationlaw in the solution area does not exceed 2.7% (Figure 1).
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Table 1: Thermophysical properties of substances.
Substance ๐, kg/m3๐ถ, J/(kgโ K) ๐, W/(mโ K)
Air 1.161 1190 0.026Steel 7831 470 49PMMA (solid) 1200 1466.5 0.19PMMA (gas) 1.29 1005.6 0.025
4. Results and Discussion
The numerical investigations were carried out for the follow-ing values of parameters [16โ21]: the heat effect of oxidationreaction๐1 = 2.5ร10
7 J/kg; the heat effect of PMMA thermaldecomposition๐3 = 10
6 J/kg; activation energy ๐ธ1 = 0.125ร106 J/mol, ๐ธ3 = 0.13 ร 10
6 J/mol; preexponential factor ๐01=
1010 sโ1, ๐0
3= 2.82ร10
9 sโ1; the thermal expansion coefficient๐ฝ = 0.0009Kโ1; the kinematic viscosity coefficient ๐1 = 1.4 ร10โ5m2/s; the diffusion coefficient๐ท0 = 8.12ร10
โ6m2/s; theinitial temperature of air and polymeric material ๐0 = 300K;temperature of PMMA pyrolysis beginning ๐๐ = 500K; hotparticles sizes ๐ฅ๐ = 4 ร 10
โ3m, ๐ฆ๐ = 2 ร 10โ3m; solution
area sizes ๐ฅ๐ฟ = 20 ร 10โ3m, ๐ฆ๐ฟ = 20 ร 10
โ3m. Thermo-physical properties of the substances are presented in Table 1(Figure 1) [16โ19].
The purpose of interconnected heat and mass transferprocess research at the ignition of polymeric material con-sisted of the investigation of the joint effect of several localheat sources on the main integrated characteristic: ignitiondelay time ๐ก๐ (Figure 1). In previous studies [10, 11], for asingle particle, it was established that the heat content ofa local heat source (characterized by its initial temperature๐๐) is the main factor determining ๐ก๐. It is also reasonablefor two particles to carry out the analysis of the influenceof the distance between heat sources ฮ๐ฅ on ignition delaytime (Figure 1). Therefore, the numerical investigation wasexecuted by varying the initial temperature of heat sourcesbetween 700K < ๐๐ < 1500K and varying the parameter of ๐ฟ(where ๐ฟ = ฮ๐ฅ/๐ฅ๐) that characterizes the distance betweentwo particles in the range of 0.25 < ๐ฟ < 2.
Thedependence of polymericmaterial ignition delay timeon the value of ๐ฟ at the initial temperature of heat sources ๐๐= 900K is shown in Figure 2. It was found that in the โtwohot particlesโpolymeric materialโairโ system the value of๐ก๐ rises for increasing ๐ฟ from 0.25 to 1.5. In case of ๐ฟ > 1.5,the ignition delay time does not change (๐ก๐ = 0.0936 s). Itcorresponds to the ignition period of PMMAat its interactionwith a single hot particle (curve 1 in Figure 3).Thus, the valueof ๐ฟ = 1.5 is the limit (for ๐๐ = 900K) when the particles stillhave a joint effect on the intensity of heat and mass transferprocesses in the system (Figure 1).
It is seen from Figure 2 that the maximum change ofignition delay time in the โtwo hot particlesโpolymericmaterialโairโ system is 6.7% at the parameters 0.25 < ๐ฟ <
1.5 and ๐๐ = 900K. The joint effect of several particles at ๐ก๐decreases for increasing the heat sources initial temperature.The dependence of PMMA ignition delay time at the initialtemperature of a single particle (curve 1) and two particles
L
0 0.25 0.5 0.75 1 1.25 1.5 1.75 2
0.091
0.092
0.093
0.094
0.095
0.087
0.088
0.089
0.09
t d(s
)
Figure 2: PMMA ignition delay time ๐ก๐ versus ๐ฟ at ๐๐ = 900K.
700 800 900 1000 1100 1200 1300 1400 1500
0.2
0.25
0.3
0
0.05
0.1
0.15
2
1
t d(s
)
Tp (K)
Figure 3: PMMA ignition delay time ๐ก๐ versus initial temperatureof particle ๐๐: 1: one particle; 2: two particles at ๐ฟ = 0.25.
(curve 2) at ๐ฟ = 0.25 is shown in Figure 3. The values ofignition delay time at ๐๐ > 1150K do not differ from thecases of a single hot particle and two hot particles. It can beexplained by the fact that for increasing ๐๐ the heat contentof particles rises. The influence of neighboring particles onthe warming of polymeric material near-surface layer bythermal conduction and gas mixture by thermal convectiondecreases. In this case, the temperature of PMMA pyrolysisproducts increases and less time is required for warming themixture of combustible gases and oxidizer. Ignition zones asin case of a single particle [10, 11] are formed near the lateralsides of the local heat sources and move to the โpolymericmaterialโhot particleโ border (๐ฅ = ๐ฅ1, ๐ฅ = ๐ฅ2, ๐ฅ = ๐ฅ3,๐ฅ = ๐ฅ4, and ๐ฆ โ ๐ฆ1). Besides, it was determined thatat the conditions of 700K < ๐๐ < 1150K and ๐ฟ > 1.5 or๐๐ > 1150K and 0.25 < ๐ฟ < 1.5 the characteristics of heatand mass transfer processes at the PMMA ignition by severalhot particles are identical to values of ๐ก๐ [10, 11] calculated atthe PMMA ignition by a single hot particle.
The isotherms in the โtwo hot particlesโpolymericmaterialโairโ system are shown in Figure 4 at the ignitionmoment for three different values of ๐ฟ. Opposite to theโsingle hot particleโpolymeric materialโairโ system [10, 11]at variation of 700K < ๐๐ < 1150K and 0.25 < ๐ฟ < 1.5, twoignitionmodels are realized. It is characterized by localization
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of an oxidation reaction in the gas area relative to the surfacesof polymeric material and local heat sources. It is seen inFigure 4(a) that one local ignition zone is formed in case ofthe small (๐ฟ = 0.25) distance between particles. The ignitionzone is located on the symmetry axis ๐ฅ = ๐ฅ๐ฟ/2 of the solutionarea (Figure 1).Themaximum temperature gradients and thelargest concentration of combustible products (PMMA gas)occurred in comparison with areas ๐ฅ < ๐ฅ1 and ๐ฅ > ๐ฅ4 as aresult of hot particles joint effect. For increasing ๐ฟ and other
equal conditions, two ignition areas were formed near theinternal lateral sides (๐ฅ = ๐ฅ2, ๐ฅ = ๐ฅ3, and ๐ฆ1 < ๐ฆ < ๐ฆ2)of hot particles (Figures 4(b) and 4(c)).
It is seen from Figure 5 that two main convective whirl-winds intensifying heat and mass transfer processes formedin the gas area at various distances between hot particles.
It leads to the decrease of temperature and concentrationof combustible gases near the external lateral sides (๐ฅ = ๐ฅ1,๐ฅ = ๐ฅ4, and ๐ฆ1 < ๐ฆ < ๐ฆ2) of hot particles. Therefore,
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Figure 5: Stream function (๐, m2/s) at ignition moment ๐ก๐ = 0.087 s, ๐ฟ = 0.25 (a), ๐ก๐ = 0.092 s, ๐ฟ = 0.5 (b), ๐ก๐ = 0.096 s, and ๐ฟ = 1 (c) at๐๐ = 900K.
in these zones, gases-phase ignition does not occur. At thesmall distance between heat sources diffusion (Figure 5(a)),convection and heat sink from zones ๐ฅ2 < ๐ฅ < ๐ฅ3 and ๐ฆ1 <๐ฆ < ๐ฆ2 is absent (Figure 1). Ignition occurs near the symmetryaxis ๐ฅ = ๐ฅ๐ฟ/2 in the zone with maximum concentrationand temperature of gas mixture (Figure 1). For increasingthe distance between hot particles (Figures 5(b) and 5(c)) inzones ๐ฅ2 < ๐ฅ < ๐ฅ3 and ๐ฆ1 < ๐ฆ < ๐ฆ2, the secondary convectivewhirlwinds forms. It leads to the decrease of temperature andconcentration of gas mixture near the symmetry axis ๐ฅ =
๐ฅ๐ฟ/2. In such conditions, ignition occurs near the internal lat-eral sides (๐ฅ = ๐ฅ2, ๐ฅ = ๐ฅ3, and ๐ฆ1 < ๐ฆ < ๐ฆ2) of heat sources.
5. Conclusions
(1) The predictivemathematicalmodel of interconnectedheat and mass transfer processes at the ignition of
polymeric material by several small-size hot metallicparticles was developed. It considers thermal con-duction and thermal decomposition in a condensedsubstance, thermal convection, and diffusion andoxidation reaction in the gas area.
(2) Characteristics of a local heat sources and its relativelocation on a polymeric material surface (700K <
๐๐ < 1150K and ๐ฟ > 1.5 or ๐๐ > 1150K and0.25 < ๐ฟ < 1.5) were establishedwhen the regularitiesof heat and mass transfer processes in the โtwo hotparticlesโpolymeric materialโairโ system are simi-lar to regularities of heat and mass transfer processesin the โsingle hot particleโpolymeric materialโairโsystem.
(3) The developed mathematical model can be used inmechanical engineering for a definition of the most
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fire danger parts of polymericmaterial constructionalproducts during the process of its interaction withseveral local heat sources which are formed as a resultof technological processes. Besides, the model canbe used in chemistry for the definition of effectivekinetic characteristics of polymeric material thermaldecomposition and oxidation.
Nomenclatures and Units
๐ถ: Constant specific heat, J/(kgโ K)๐ถ๐: Dimensionless concentration of
combustible gases in the gas mixture๐ถ๐: Dimensionless concentration of oxidant in
the gas mixture๐ท0: Coefficient of diffusion (at ๐ = 293K),
m2/s๐ท1: Coefficient of diffusion, m2/s๐ธ: Activation energy, J/mol๐: Gravitational acceleration, m/s2๐0: Preexponential factor, sโ1๐ฟ: Dimensionless parameter, characterized
the distance between two neighboringparticles (๐ฟ = ฮ๐ฅ/๐ฅ๐)
๐1: Heat effect of combustible gas mixtureoxidation reaction, J/kg
๐3: Heat effect of polymeric material thermaldecomposition reaction, J/kg
๐ : Ideal gas constant, J/(molโ K)๐ก: Time, sฮ๐ก: Time step, s๐ก๐: Ignition delay time, s๐: Temperature, K๐๐: Initial temperature of hot particles, K๐๐ : Temperature of the thermal
decomposition beginning for polymericmaterial, K
๐0: Initial temperature of air and polymericmaterial, K
๐ข, V: Components of combustible gas velocityat the projection onto the axes ๐ฅ, ๐ฆ, m/s
๐1: Mass rate of combustible gas mixtureoxidation reaction, kg/(m3โ s)
๐3: Mass rate of polymeric material thermaldecomposition reaction, kg/(m3โ s)
๐ฅ, ๐ฆ: Cartesian coordinates, mฮ๐ฅ: Distance between two particles, m๐ฅ๐ฟ, ๐ฆ๐ฟ: Solution domain sizes, m๐ฅ๐, ๐ฆ๐: Hot particle sizes
(๐ฅ๐ = ๐ฅ2 โ ๐ฅ1, ๐ฆ๐ = ๐ฆ2 โ ๐ฆ1), m.
Greek Symbols
๐ฝ: Coefficient of thermal expansion, Kโ1๐: Thermal conductivity, W/(mโ K)๐: Density, kg/m3๐: Coefficient of kinematic viscosity, m2/s๐๐: Volume fractions of PMMA gasification products
๐๐: Volume fractions of air๐: Stream function, m2/s๐: Vortex velocity vector, 1/s.
Subscripts
1: Gas mixture (air and PMMA gas)2: Hot particles3: Polymeric material.
Conflict of Interests
The authors declare that there is no conflict of interestsregarding the publication of this paper.
Acknowledgment
The reported study was partially supported by the RussianScience Foundation (no. 14-39-00003).
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