- Author
- Walton, W. D. | Thomas, P. H.
- Title
- Estimating Temperatures in Compartment Fires.
- Coporate
- National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD
- Report
- Chapter 6; Section 3; NFPA HFPE-02; LC Card Number 136252
- Book or Conf
- SFPE Handbook of Fire Protection Engineering. 3rd Edition. Section 3. Chapter 6, DiNenno, P. J.; Drysdale, D.; Beyler, C. L.; Walton, W. D.; Custer, R. L. P.; Hall, J. R., Jr.; Watts, J. M., Jr., Editors, 3/171-188 p., 2002
- Keywords
- fire protection | fire protection engineering | compartment fires | temperature | fire models | flashover
- Identifiers
- fire stages; growth stage definitions: ignition stage, flashover, fully developed fire, decay stage; compartment fire phenomena; methods for predicting preflashvoer compartment fire tempeatures; methods for predicting postflashvoer compartment fire tempeatures
- Abstract
- The ability to predict temperature developed in compartment fires is of great significance to the fire protection professional. There are many uses for a knowledge of compartment fire temperatures, including the prediction of (1) the onset of hazardous conditions, (2) property and structural damage, (3) changes in burning rate, (4) ignition of objects, and (5) the onset of flashover. The fundamental principles underlying compartment fires are presented in Section 3, Chapter 5. This chapter gives a number of simplified solution techniques.