- Author
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Pitts, W. M.
- Title
- Carbon Monoxide Formation Algorithm.
- Coporate
- National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD
- Report
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NISTIR 6030
June 1997
- Distribution
- Available from National Technical Information Service
- Book or Conf
- U.S./Japan Government Cooperative Program on Natural Resources (UJNR). Fire Research and Safety. 13th Joint Panel Meeting. Volume 2. March 13-20, 1996,
Gaithersburg, MD,
Beall, K. A., Editors,
51-59 p.,
1997
- Keywords
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fire safety
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fire research
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carbon monoxide
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algorithms
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heat release rate
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enclosures
- Identifiers
- quenching of a turbulent fire plume upon entering a rich upper layer; mixing of oxygen directly into a rich, high-temperature upper layer; pyrolysis of wood in high-temperature, vitiated environments; approach to full-equilibrium combustion product concnetrations in a rich, high-temperature upper layer
- Abstract
- This paper discusses an engineering approach for estimating the generation rate of carbon monoxide (CO) within a room containing a fire. The algorithm incorporates four CO formation mechanisms which have been identified in past investigations.