- Author
- Fang, J. B. | Scott, J. T.
- Title
- Heat Transfer in Furnaces for CIB Cooperative Program and Heat Balance Analysis of Wall Furnace. Final Report.
- Coporate
- National Bureau of Standards, Gaithersburg, MD
- Report
- NBSIR 75-794, November 1975, 47 p.
- Distribution
- Available from National Technical Information Service
- Keywords
- fire resistance rating | furnaces | heat balance | heat transfer | concrete blocks
- Abstract
- Tests were conducted in the NBS wall panel furnace as part of a CIB international cooperative program to measure and compare heat transfer in fire endurance furnaces. Additionally, a heat balance analysis showed that a cellular concrete block wall specimen absorbed more heat by convection than by radiation. The rate of radiant heat transfer was found to decrease slowly, while the furnace exhaust heat loss increased during the test from 42 to 58 percent of the heat output. The calculated radiant heat fluxes incident at furnace walls was found to be somewhat lower than the experimental values measured at the test wall.