- Author
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Kerlin, D. J.
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McDaniel, D. E.
- Title
- Machinery Space Fire Detecting Tests. Phase 1.
- Coporate
- Coast Guard Headquarters, Washington, DC
- Report
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Phase 1,
August 1970,
36 p.
- Distribution
- Available from National Technical Information Service
- Keywords
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machinery
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fire tests
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shipboard fires
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fire protection
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fire detection
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fire detectors
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safety
- Abstract
- A seires of small scale fire tests were undertaken at the U.S. Coast Guard sponsored shipboard fire and safety testing facility, Mobile, Alabama. These tests were intended to measure the response time of various types of fire detecting devices, at various locations in the machinery space of the test ship RHODE ISLAND. Seventy-three individual devices, of nine different types were installed. The fire locations and ventilation conditions were varied to indicate differences in response time due to these factors. Because of limited instrumentation capability it was necessary to define the general area in which the fire would originate. The tests demonstrate the importance of environmental conditions on placement of various types of detection devices and indicate, from a detection capability standpoint only, that several types of devices may give satisfactory indication of a small machinery space fire. Some information on detector placement is developed.