- Author
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Robertson, A. F.
- Title
- Estimating Smoke Production During Building Fires.
- Coporate
- National Bureau of Standards, Gaithersburg, MD
- Journal
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Fire Technology,
Vol. 11,
No. 2,
80-94,
May 1975
- Report
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CIB W14/24/75 (USA),
- Book or Conf
- Fire Research Station. Conseil International du Batiment (CIB). Control of Smoke Movement in Building Fires. Volume 1. Papers. November 4-5, 1975,
Garston, England,
1975
- Keywords
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smoke production
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rooms
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optical density
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fire gases
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interior finishes
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computation
- Abstract
- In the absence of specific analytical methods for measuring the hazards of fire gases, there is a trend towards the use of smoke production as a partial measure of this hazard. It is suggested that present smoke test methods may be best used to provide indications of the possible smoke production, i.e., product of specific optical density and fire exposed area, characteristic of fully involved furnishing and interior finish products. It is demonstrated that very large quantities of smoke will result from combustion of only small quantities of most combustibles. Because of this there is little opportunity for elimination of the smoke hazard during fires through establishment of any but the most drastic limitations on the smoke development characteristics of materials considered acceptable. Measures for limiting ignition and development of fires, together with containment and disposal of smoke when fires occur, appear the most promising methods for reducing hazards due to smoke.