- Author
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Huggett, C.
- Title
- Estimation of Rate of Heat Release by Means of Oxygen Consumption Measurments.
- Coporate
- National Bureau of Standards, Gaithersburg, MD
- Journal
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Fire and Materials,
Vol. 4,
No. 2,
61-65,
June 1980
- Report
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CIB W14/82/19 (USA),
- Keywords
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heat release
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oxygen consumption
- Identifiers
- materials flammability
- Abstract
- Measurement of the rate of oxygen consumption provides a simple, versatile and powerful tool for estimating the rate of heat release in fire experiments and fire tests. The method is based on the generalization that the heats of combustion per unit of oxygen consumed are approximately the same for most fuels commonly encountered in fires. The accuracy of oxygen consumption based rate of heat release measurements should compare favorably with those derived from conventional calorimetric measurements.