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Author
Klote, J. H.
Title
Smoke Control Experiments at the Plaza Hotel.
Coporate
National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD
Report
Video
April 10, 1990
Keywords
smoke control | hotels
Abstract
A series of full scale fires were conducted at the Plaza Hotel in Washington, D.C. to evaluate the current approach to zoned smoke control. Analysis of the data has led to new understandings of the effects of expansion of gases and fan temperature on smoke control performance.