- Author
- Pierce, J. B. M. | Moss, J. B.
- Title
- Smoke Production, Radiation Heat Transfer and Fire Growth in a Liquid-Fuelled Compartment Fire.
- Coporate
- Cranfield University, Bedford, UK
- Journal
- Fire Safety Journal, Vol. 42, No. 4, 310-320, June 2007
- Keywords
- compartment fires | smoke production | radiative heat transfer | fire growth | ventilation | pool fires | simulations | field models | fuels | instruments | heptane | kerosine | mass loss
- Identifiers
- half-scale ASTM compartment in which the source is a heptane pool fire; fuel vapour generation rates from the 23 cm diameter pan for the three fuels; comparative heat release rates for the compartment based on fuel mass loss; comparisons between steady-state Gardon gauge measurement and numerical prediction (17 cm diameter pan, gauge locations