- Author
- Pietrzak, L. M. | Dale, J. J.
- Title
- Post-Flashover Compartment Fire Suppression Test Design Using the Fire Demand Model. Final Report.
- Coporate
- Mission Research Corp., Santa Barbara, CA
- Sponsor
- Swedish Fire Research Board, Stockholm, Sweden
- Report
- MRC-N-835; Final Report, January 1989, 22 p.
- Keywords
- fire suppression | compartment fires | fire models | flashover | sensitivity analysis | computer simulation
- Abstract
- The following pages present the results of a computer simulation analysis to establish a reasonable experimental design for post-flashover fire suppression tests to be completed by the Center For Fire Research at the U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology (CFR-NIST). The computer simulation used in the analysis - called The Fire Demand (FD] Model - simulates the suppression of post-flashover charring and non-charring solid fuel fires in compartments using water sprays from portable hose-nozzle equipment used by fire departments. The output of this FD Model shows the extinguishing effects of hose-nozzle systems emitting water spray at various flow rates and droplet sizes. The calculations are baaed on a heat and mass balance accounting for gas and surface cooling, steam-induced smothering, direct extinguishment of the fuel and water spray induced air inflow and venting of heat and products of combustion. A discussion of the physical basis and computer details of the FD Model are presented in Reference 1 and results from the model in Reference 2, 3 and 4.