- Author
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Pitts, W. M.
- Title
- Engineering Algorithm for the Estimation of Carbon Monoxide Generation in Enclosure Fires.
- Coporate
- National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD
- Report
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NISTIR 5499
September 1994
- Distribution
- Available from National Technical Information Service
- Book or Conf
- National Institute of Standards and Technology. Annual Conference on Fire Research: BOOK OF ABSTRACTS. October 17-20, 1994,
Gaithersburg, MD,
51-52 p.,
1994
- Keywords
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fire research
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carbon monoxide
|
generation
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enclosures
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algorithms
- Abstract
- Roughly two thirds of all deaths resulting from enclosure fires can be attributed to the presence of carbon monoxide (CO) which is the dominant toxicant in fire deaths. A long-term program (Carbon Monoxide production and Prediction Project) at the Building and Fire Research Laboratory is seeking to develop an understanding of and predictive capability for the generation of CO in enclosure fires.