- Author
- Johnsson, E. L.
- Title
- Distinguishing Normal From Pre-Ignition Conditions to Prevent Cooking Fires on Kitchen Ranges.
- Coporate
- National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD
- Report
- NISTIR 6242, October 1998,
- Distribution
- Available from National Technical Information Service
- Book or Conf
- National Institute of Standards and Technology. Annual Conference on Fire Research: Book of Abstracts. November 2-5, 1998, Gaithersburg, MD, Beall, K. A., Editors, 3-4 p., 1998
- Keywords
- fire research | fire science | fire suppression | stoves | kitchen fires | temperature | smoke | preignition
- Abstract
- A significant portion of residential fires stem from kitchen cooking fires. Previous study has determined that strong indicators of impending ignition for several foods cooked on range surfaces are temperatures, smoke particulates, and hydrocarbon gases. The purpose of this experimental investigation was to determine the physical feasibility of utilizing one or more of these common characteristics of the pre-ignition environment as input to sensors in a pre-fire detection device.