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Author
Liu, Z.
Title
Water-Mist Fire-Suppression Systems Offer Excellent Protection for Commercial Cooking Areas.
Coporate
National Research Council of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario
Journal
Construction Innovation, Vol. 4, No. 3, 1-3, Spring/Summer 1999
Distribution
For more information contact: Dr. Zhigang Liu, National Research Council of Canada, Telephone: 613-990-5075, fax: 613-954-0483, Email: zhigang.liu@nrc.ca
Keywords
water mist | fire suppression | kitchen fires | extinguishing
Identifiers
cooking oil; vegetable oil; cooking oil (a commercially available vegetable oil) auto-ignited at temperatures ranging from 365 deg C to 375 deg C; two-minute free-burning period was allowed before the fire suppresion system was activated, during which time the cooking oil temperature increased to 400 deg C