Upholstered Furniture Heat Release Rates: Measurements and Estimation.
Upholstered Furniture Heat Release Rates: Measurements
and Estimation.
(1195 K)
Babrauskas, V.
Journal of Fire Sciences, Vol. 1, 9-32,
January/February 1983.
Keywords:
upholstered furniture; heat release rate; oxygen
consumption; burning rate; furniture calorimeters
Abstract:
A new instrument, termed a furniture calorimeter, has
been constructed and placed into operation for measuring
furniture heat release rates based on oxygen
consumption. Using the furniture calorimeter, burning
rate information has been obtained on a series of 13
chairs, loveseats, and sofas, most of them specially
built to permit direct comparisons of construction
features.
