Wood fire protection

Behavior of constructional timber at high temperature heating and fire. Specificity of structure and properties of timber species. Pyrolysis and thermal oxidative decomposition of timber. Ignition of timber. Heat release characteristics and combustion heat of timber. Flame propagation on timber surface. Generation of smoke and toxic products at fire of timber. Fire protection of timber building structures and constructions. Novel fire-retardant impregnation compositions for treatment of timber products. Charring parameters of timber species with fire-retardant treatment at standard fire regime. Fire protection properties of novel intumescent coatings for constructional timber. Method of oxidative modification of plant raw material and some physicochemical characteristics of the product. Environmental aspects and legal protection of wood against fire. Projects of fire retardant preservation system.