- Author
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Kung, H. C.
- Title
- Cooling of Room Fires by Sprinkler Spray.
- Coporate
- Factory Mutual Research Corp., Norwood, MA
- Journal
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Journal of Heat Transfer,
Vol. 99,
No. 3,
353-359,
August 1977
- Report
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CIB W14/80/57 (USA),
- Keywords
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sprinklers
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sprays
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room fires
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cooling
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combustion products
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water
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building fires
- Identifiers
- suppression
- Abstract
- Cooling of combustion products and the room by vaporizing water droplets appears to be a promising mechanism in sprinkler control of residential fires. An experimental procedure coupled with an energy balance scheme has been developed to obtain the heat absorption rate of a sprinkler spray.