- Author
- Egan, M. R.
- Title
- Transformer Fluid Fires in a Ventilated Tunnel.
- Coporate
- Bureau of Mines, Pittsburgh, PA
- Report
- IC 9117, 1986, 17 p.
- Distribution
- Available from National Technical Information Service
- Keywords
- transformers | mine ventilation | mine fires | tunnel tests | thermocouples | heat release rate | 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.