- Author
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Egan, M. R.
- Title
- Transformer Fluid Fires in a Ventilated Tunnel.
- Coporate
- Bureau of Mines, Pittsburgh, PA
- Report
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IC 9117,
1986,
17 p.
- Distribution
- Available from National Technical Information Service
- Keywords
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transformers
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mine ventilation
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mine fires
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tunnel tests
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thermocouples
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heat release rate
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burning rate
- Abstract
- The Bureau of Mines subjected three commercially available brands of transformer fluid to a series of combustion studies. The experiments were conducted in the intermediate-scale fire tunnel, which was designed to simulate environmental conditions in underground mines.