Simplified Fire Growth Calculations.
Simplified Fire Growth Calculations.
(1087 K)
Budnick, E. K.; Evans, D. D.; Nelson, H. E.
NPFA FPH 1897; Section 11; Chapter 10;
Fire Protection Handbook, 18th Edition. National Fire
Protection Association. 1997, NFPA, Quincy, MA, Cote,
A. E.; Linville, J. L.; Appy, M. K.; Benedetti, R. P.,
Editor(s), 11/97-107 p., 1997.
Keywords:
fire protection; fire growth; energy release rate
Abstract:
As part of a fire protection analysis, it is often
desirable to estimate the burning characteristics of
selected fuels and their effects in enclosures. Also
important for many analyses is the estimation of when
fire protection devices such as heat detectors or
automatic sprinklers will activate for specific fire
conditions. Equations are available, based principally
on experimental correlations, which permit the user to
estimate these effects. In this chapter, a brief
introduction to enclosure fire effects is presented,
along with equations that can be evaluated using hand
calculators to rpovide estimates of particular effects.
Building and Fire Research Laboratory
National Institute of Standards and Technology
Gaithersburg, MD 20899