Fire Safety Engineering Lund

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This is the Department of Fire Safety Engineering, at Lund University, Sweden. Our scope of practice is interdisciplinary.

The Department of Fire Safety Engineering is responsible for education and research in fire safety engineering. The department is responsible for essential parts of the Fire Protection Engineering programme at bachelors level and the Fire Safety Engineering programme at masters level. In addition, the department is responsible for the education of PhD students in the field of fire safety engineeri

ng. In the laboratory we support the department in the training as well in the research. Basically this support consists of providing equipment for various practical experiments related to fire or phenomena related to fire, in the lab and the field. The Fire Laboratory at the Division of Fire Safety Engineering at Lund University has a long history in fire science. The laboratory is primarily an educational lab but we also do research in the lab. The standard measurements include measuring rate of heat release up to a maximum of approximately 300 kW (depending on product type, setup, etc.), which in most cases is sufficient for acquiring data for assessments of a product, for further calculations or as input for simulations. Examples of available equipment include
- Cone calorimeter (ISO 5660, ASTM E1354, ASTM E1474, ASTM E1740, ASTM F1550, ASTM D6113, CAN ULC 135 and BS 476 Part 15, amongst others)
- Micro combustion calorimeter
- Lateral ignition and flame spread apparatus (LIFT-apparatus: ISO 5658-2, IMO Resolution A.653(16), ASTM E 1317 and ASTM E 1321, amongst others)
- COI (Critical Oxygen Index: ASTM D 2863)
- Plunge test (RTI, Response Time Index in sprinkler heads: FM 3210)

Apart from this, we also have a variety of equipment such as a drying oven, equipment for measuring flammability level of air/gas-mixtures, spark ignitors, heat flux gauges, plate thermometers, pyrometers, thermocouples, a third-scale ISO 9075 room, and amuffle furnace. We have access to a workshop (for wood as well as for metal) and if needed we have cooperation with a professional mechanical workshop. Also, we have cooperation with the national fire academy in Revinge approximately 25 km east of Lund (MSB Revinge) where somewhat larger testing can be made, although with reduced measurement capability. We do not have any accreditation as a laboratory but our testing might be very valuable for activities such as prototyping or for comparative testing. We specialize in costume-made setups or specific arrangements as need occurs and we put great pride in creative and ingenuity.

08/01/2025

Naturally weathered fire impregnated timber facade samples from a field study in Malmö has been tested in the Cone Calorimeter at LTH for an ongoing thesis work by MSc student Carolina Arvidsson at the division.

Different parts of the timber slats are compared to eachother to investigate if there are differences in the reaction to fire properties between more to less weather exposed parts. It is also looked into if there is a correlation between the color of the timber and peak heat release rate and or time to ignition.

The facade has been weather exposed for 1-2 years and the radiant heat fluxes that has been tested are 30, 50 and 70 kW/m2. A sneak peek of the results are shown in the graph.

The thesis will be presented 13th of March 2025 at LTH.

17/06/2024

https://www.brand.lth.se/article/senior-lecturer-in-fire-safety-engineering-focusing-on-fire-dynamics/

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We are very happy to be able to offer a post-doc position on fire safety focusing on material behaviour!

30/05/2024

https://www.brand.lth.se/article/we-are-very-happy-to-be-able-to-offer-a-post-doc-position-on-fire-safety-focusing-on-material-behavi/

We are very happy to be able to offer a post-doc position on fire safety focusing on material behaviour! This site uses cookies to enhance the user experience. By continuing to use the site you agree that cookies are used according to our Cookie Policy (on the website of LTH).

26/04/2024

https://www.brand.lth.se/article/svt-visiting-the-helsingborg-safety-hub/

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28/03/2024

Big investment in Battery Safety Research at Lund University

On September 8th 2023, the Swedish government announced an effort to strengthen research and education in electrification and batteries. Lund University has decided to focus a substantial part of this, 2.3 M€, on battery safety research – including 500 k€ in a testing facility.

The division of fire safety engineering is a central node in this effort and will be enrolling two new PhD-students in the coming months. If you are interested in learning more, don’t hesitate to contact us or keep an eye out for the position that will be posted before summer.

27/02/2024

Can fly ash from biofuel-fired district heating plants cause dust explosions?

This is investigated by Marcus Persson, a master’s student doing his thesis in co-operation with E.ON Energiinfrastruktur AB. First, a series of tests have been conducted with dust explosion equipment to investigate how explosive fly ash is. Secondly, a hazard and operability study (HAZOP) was applied to analyze the design and operation of the ash handling process in a district heating plant. This was done to ensure that the process was safe from unwanted risks.

15/09/2023

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21/08/2023

Äntligen dags för jubileum!! Alumni och student! Välkommen att fira med oss! Vi ses 4-5 okt!

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02/06/2023

https://www.brand.lth.se/article/course-on-tunnel-fire-dynamics/

Course on Tunnel Fire Dynamics This site uses cookies to enhance the user experience. By continuing to use the site you agree that cookies are used according to our Cookie Policy (on the website of LTH).

05/05/2023

We are looking for a new PhD student in Fire Safety Engineering! The doctoral position relates to the area of fire safety in complex scenarios and environments. The position refers to the development, use and testing of tools and models for fire risk analysis and decision support related to fire safety design and/or firefighting in complex scenarios and environments! Read more and apply here: https://lnkd.in/edzsaegU

Doctoral student in Fire Safety Description of the workplace The department of building and environmental technology includes several divisions conducting research and teaching related society's needs for infrastructure and construc

12/04/2023

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28/03/2023

CERN particle accelerators use large quantities of electro-magnets to steer and focus the beam of ions and protons. Some of those magnets use different epoxy resins to bind the coil and as electrical insulators. Due to high-current passing thought those magnets and operating environment, those resins can smoulder and eventually flame under certain conditions. The purpose of current thesis is to obtain the combustibility and flammability characteristics of representative epoxy resins used at CERN through a series of experiments in the cone calorimeter, the micro calorimeter, and the LIFT apparatus.

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