Estimating Temperatures in Compartment Fires.
Estimating Temperatures in Compartment Fires.
(1189 K)
Walton, W. D.; Thomas, P. H.
NFPA SFPE 95; LC Card Number 95-68247;
SFPE Handbook of Fire Protection Engineering. 2nd
Edition. Section 3. Chapter 6, National Fire Protection
Assoc., Quincy, MA, DiNenno, P. J.; Beyler, C. L.;
Custer, R. L. P.; Walton, W. D., Editor(s), 3/134-147
p., 1995.
Keywords:
fire protection; fire protection engineering;
compartment fires; temperature; flashover; equations;
fire models; conservation; ignition
Abstract:
The ability to predict temperature developed in
compartment fires is of great significance to the fire
protection professional. There are many uses for a
knowledge of compartment fire temperatures, including
the prediction of (1) the onset of hazardous conditions,
(2) property and structural damage, (3) changes in
burning rate, (4) ignition of objects, and (5) the onset
of flashover. The fundamental principles underlying
compartment fires are presented in Section 3, Chapter 5.
This chapter gives a number of simplified solution
techniques.
Building and Fire Research Laboratory
National Institute of Standards and Technology
Gaithersburg, MD 20899