- Author
- Huggett, C.
- Title
- Oxygen Consumption Calorimetry.
- Coporate
- National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD
- Book or Conf
- Combustion Institute/Eastern States Section. Chemical and Physical Processes in Combustion. 1978 Fall Technical Meeting. November 29-30, 1978-December 1, 1978, Miami Beach, FL, 16/1-4 p., 1978
- Keywords
- oxygen consumption | calorimetry | energy transfer | heat of combustion | heat release
- Abstract
- The rate of energy release is the most important single parameter which can be used to characterize an unwanted fire. It provides an indication of the size of the fire, the rate of fire growth, the time available for escape or suppression, the types of suppressive action that will be effective, and other attributes that define the fire hazard. Methods for the prediction of the rates of fire growth are being developed. Experimental measurements of the rate of heat release, both on a laboratory scale to characterize the combustion properites of materials and on a larger scale to characterize the behavior of fire systems, are being carried out in a number of laboratories.