- Author
- Cooper, L. Y. | Nelson, H. E.
- Title
- Recommended Method of Calculating Expected Level of Smoke in a Smoke Removal Equipped Cell Block.
- Coporate
- National Bureau of Standards, Gaithersburg, MD
- Book or Conf
- National Fire Protection Association (NFPA). Code for Safety to Life From Fire in Buildings and Structures. Life Safety Code, 1985, National Fire Protection Assoc., Quincy, MA, 206-207 p., 1985
- Keywords
- prisons | fire tests | smoke | test methods | burnout | ventilation | temperature ratings | exhaust systems | life safety code
- Identifiers
- characteristic cell opening; exhaust fan rate; intake air
- Abstract
- This method for calculating the expected level of smoke has been developed from data experimentally produced in full-scale burnouts of test cells. The test cells were sized, loaded with fuel, and constructed to represent severe conditions of heavily fuel loaded cells as found in prison locations. the filling rate and temperature of the effluent gas and smoke have been calculated using the data from these tests and established formulae from plume dynamics.