- Author
- Kung, H. C.
- Title
- Residential Sprinkler: Protection Study. Technical Report.
- Coporate
- Factory Mutual Research Corp., Norwood, MA
- Sponsor
- National Bureau of Standards, Gaithersburg, MD
- Report
- NBS GCR 76-58; FMRC Serial 22442; RC75-T-41, November 1975, 126 p.
- Distribution
- Available from National Technical Information Service
- Contract
- GRANT-436097
- Keywords
- sprinklers | bedrooms | drop sizes | heat absorption | pool fires | residential sprinklers
- Abstract
- A research program was initiated to study sprinkler control of residential fires by the cooling mechanism in support of the development of design criteria for residential sprinklers. A test room was constructed, 10 ft x 12 ft x 8 ft high, with window and a door leading to a simulated hallway.