- Author
- Kung, H. C.
- Title
- Cooling of Room Fires by Sprinkler Spray.
- Coporate
- Factory Mutual Research Corp., Norwood, MA
- Journal
- Journal of Heat Transfer, Vol. 99, No. 3, 353-359, August 1977
- Report
- CIB W14/80/57 (USA),
- Keywords
- sprinklers | sprays | room fires | cooling | combustion products | water | 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.