- Author
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Seattle Fire Department
- Title
- Fire and Smoke Control Tests. Report of United Pacific Building. December 1-2, 1984. Volume 1.
- Coporate
- Seattle Fire Department, WA
- Sponsor
- U.S. Fire Administration, Washington, DC
American Society of Heating Refrigerating and Air Conditioning Engineers, Inc., New York, NY
Society of Fire Protection Engineers, Boston, MA
National Fire Sprinkler Assoc., Patterson, NY
- Report
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Volume 1,
1984,
183 p.
- Keywords
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polybutylene
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sprinkler systems
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plastic pipes
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fire tests
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smoke control
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pressurization
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high rise buildings
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plastics
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elevator shafts
- Abstract
- In an effort to improve understanding of smoke control and shaft pressurization problems under actual fire conditions, the Seattle Fire Department conducted a series of fire tests in a high-rise building. The primary objective of the test series was to gather data on the control of smoke in stair and elevator shafts. However, before the tests were conduced a number of secondary objectives has been added. These included some evaluation of fast response sprinkler applictions, fire saving material and 1 hour fire resistive glass. Regarding pressurization, three smoke control system designs were tested. The first system was designed to pressurize the stair shaft. This system was also designed to pressurize the elevator shaft by means of adjusting dampers. The third system was designed to exhaust the fire floor test area and pressurize equivalent areas on floors above and below the fire.