- Author
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Babrauskas, V.
- Title
- Upholstered Furniture Heat Release Rates: Measurements and Estimation.
- Coporate
- National Bureau of Standards, Gaithersburg, MD
- Journal
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Journal of Fire Sciences,
Vol. 1,
9-32,
January/February 1983
- Keywords
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upholstered furniture
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heat release rate
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oxygen consumption
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burning rate
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furniture calorimeters
- Abstract
- A new instrument, termed a furniture calorimeter, has been constructed and placed into operation for measuring furniture heat release rates based on oxygen consumption. Using the furniture calorimeter, burning rate information has been obtained on a series of 13 chairs, loveseats, and sofas, most of them specially built to permit direct comparisons of construction features.