- Author
- Davis, W. D.
- Title
- Smoke Movement and Detector Activation in High Bay Spaces.
- Coporate
- National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD
- Journal
- ASHRAE Transactions: Symposia, Vol. 105, No. 1, 663-675, 1999
- Report
- CH-99-8-1,
- Distribution
- AVAILABLE FROM American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers, Inc. (ASHRAE), 1791 Tullie Circle NE, Atlanta, GA 30329. Telephone: 1-800-527-4723 (U.S. and Canada) or 404-636-8400 (worldwide). Fax: 404-321-5478. Email: orders@ashrae.org
- Keywords
- aircraft hangars | draft curtains | experiments | fire models | heat detectors | pool fires | smoke detectors | sprinkler activation
- Abstract
- A series of fire experiments were conducted in two aircraft hangars with ceiling heights of 15 m (50 ft) and 22 m (73 ft). The purpose of the experiments was to analyze the activation characteristics of smoke and heat detectors in response to JP-5 and JP-8 pool fires. The 15 m (50 ft) hangar was located in Hawaii, where ambient temperatures were approximately 30 deg C (86 deg F). The 15 m (50 ft) experiments used fire sizes that ranged from 100 kW (95 Btu/s) to 7.7 MW (7300 Btu/s). Experiments were conducted with and without draft curtains in the 15 m (5O ft) hangar. The 22 m (73 ft) hangar was located in Iceland, where ambient temperatures were approximately 12 deg C (54 deg F). The 22 m (73 ft) experiments used fire sizes that ranged from 100 kW (95 Btu/s) to 33 MW (31000 Btu/s). Draft curtains were present for all the 22 m (13 ft) experiments. Open- and closed-door fire experiments were conducted in both hangars.