Research/Scholarly/Creative Works

• Ye Z., Fleischmann CM., Abu AK. and Pau D. (2023) Estimation of effective thermophysical properties of firestopping sealants: Methodology and case study. Fire Safety Journal 141 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.firesaf.2023.103928. (Journal Articles)

• Tu J., Pau D., Yang T., Nan S., Zhang J., Shang F. and Li K. (2022) Effect of foam air mixing on flame intensification – comparative experimental study of foam and water sprays extinguishing transformer oil pool fire. Fire Safety Journal 133 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.firesaf.2022.103664. (Journal Articles)

• Zou Y., Pau D., Li Y., Zhang Y. and Li K. (2022) Oxygen effects on the evolution of hydrogen chloride and chlorine gas during combustion of PVC-CaCO3 based cable. Fuel 329 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.fuel.2022.125469. (Journal Articles)

• Zhang J., Guo Y., Pau D., Li K., Xie K. and Zou Y. (2021) Pyrolysis kinetics and determination of organic components and N-alkanes yields of Karamay transformer oil using TG, FTIR and Py-GC/MS analyses. Fuel 306 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.fuel.2021.121691. (Journal Articles)

• Pau DSW., Fleischmann CM. and Delichatsios MA. (2020) Apparatus for investigating the burning and dripping of vertically oriented polyurethane foams. Fire and Materials 44(2): 211-229. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/fam.2794. (Journal Articles)

• Pau DSW., Fleischmann CM. and Delichatsios MA. (2020) Thermal decomposition of flexible polyurethane foams in air. Fire Safety Journal 111 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.firesaf.2019.102925. (Journal Articles)

• Fleischmann C., Pau D., Montgomery J. and Evans L. (2019) Sensitivity Analysis of Smoke Flow in New Zealand High-Rise Stairwells. In Wu G-Y; Tsai K-C; Chow W-K (Eds). The Proceedings of the 11th Asia-Oceania Symposium on Fire Science and Technology 1Singapore: Springer. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-981-32-9139-3_66. (Conference Contributions - Published)

• Pau D., Duncan C. and Fleischmann C. (2019) Performance-based fire engineering design of a heritage building: McDougall house case study. Safety 5(3) http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/safety5030045. (Journal Articles)

• Pau D., Duncan C. and Fleischmann C. (2019) Fire Protection and Fire Safety Design of New Zealand Heritage Building. In Wu G-Y; Tsai K-C; Chow W-K (Eds). The Proceedings of the 11th Asia-Oceania Symposium on Fire Science and Technology 1Singapore: Springer. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-981-32-9139-3_65. (Conference Contributions - Published)

• Pau D., Fleischmann C. and Delichatsios M. (2019) Thermal Decomposition of Flexible Polyurethane Foams in Air. In Snegirev A; Tamanini F; Bradley D; Liu N; Molkov V; Chaumeix N (Eds). Proceedings of the Ninth International Seminar on Fire and Explosion Hazards 2 http://dx.doi.org/10.18720/SPBPU/2/k19-31. (Conference Contributions - Published)

• Buchanan AH., Dunn A., O'Neill J. and Pau D. (2018) Fire safety of CLT buildings in New Zealand and Australia. Wood and Fiber Science 50: 96-101. http://dx.doi.org/10.22382/wfs-2018-043. (Journal Articles)

• Li K., Pau DS. and Zhang H. (2016) Pyrolysis of polyurethane foam: optimized search for kinetic properties via simultaneous K-K method, genetic algorithm and elemental analysis. Fire and Materials 40(6): 800-817. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/fam.2343. (Journal Articles)

• Li K., Pau DSW., Wang J. and Ji J. (2015) Modelling pyrolysis of charring materials: determining flame heat flux using bench-scale experiments of medium density fibreboard (MDF). Chemical Engineering Science 123 C: 39-48. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ces.2014.10.043. (Journal Articles)

• Li KY., Pau DSW., Hou YN. and Ji J. (2014) Modeling pyrolysis of charring materials: Determining kinetic properties and heat of pyrolysis of medium density fiberboard. Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research 53(1): 141-149. http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/ie402905z. (Journal Articles)

• Meunders A., Baker G., Arnold L., Schroeder B., Spearpoint M. and Pau D. (2014) Parameter Optimization and Sensitivity Analysis for Fire Spread Modelling with FDS. In. (Conference Contributions - Published)

• Pau D. (2014) A Comparative Study on Combustion Behaviours of Polyurethane Foams with Numerical Simulations using Pyrolysis Models. PhD Thesis, Christchurch, New Zealand. University of Canterbury. (Theses / Dissertations)

• Pau D., Fleischmann CM., Spearpoint M. and Li KY. (2014) Sensitivity of Heat of Reaction for Polyurethane Foams. In Fire Safety Science 11: 179-192. http://dx.doi.org/10.3801/IAFSS.FSS.11-179. (Conference Contributions - Published)

• Pau DSW., Fleischmann CM., Spearpoint MJ. and Li KY. (2014) Thermophysical properties of polyurethane foams and their melts. Fire and Materials 38(4): 433-450. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/fam.2188. (Journal Articles)

• Pau DSW., Fleischmann CM., Spearpoint MJ. and Li KY. (2013) Determination of kinetic properties of polyurethane foam decomposition for pyrolysis modelling. Journal of Fire Sciences 31(4): 356-384. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0734904113475858. (Journal Articles)

• Pau DSW. and Fleischmann CM. (2010) Melting Rate of Polyurethane Foam in a Vertical Orientation. In. (Conference Contributions - Published)

Future Research

• Pyrolysis and oxidative thermal decomposition of fuels
• Thermophysical properties of fuels at elevated temperature
• Fire safety of mass timber buildings
• Complex pyrolysis modelling using FDS
• Fire safety of modern facade systems
• Fire safety of high-rise buildings
• Species production in well-ventilated and under-ventilated fires