- Author
- Ahonen, A. | Kokkala, M. | Weckman, H.
- Title
- Burning Characteristics of Potential Ignition Sources of Room Fires.
- Coporate
- Technical Research Centre of Finland, Espoo.
- Report
- Research Reports 285, June 1984, 48 p.
- Keywords
- ignition | potential heat | room fires | heat release rate | smoke | interior furnishings
- Abstract
- A total of 18 different experiments on 5 different types of potential ignition sources of room fires are describes. The ignition sources studied comprised television receivers, paper baskets, curtains, chairs, and Christmas trees. In the experiments the rate of heat release, rate of smoke production, intensity of thermal radiation, and gas temperatures were measured. The ignition sources can be divided into three groups according to the measured maximun rate of heat release: 1) paper baskets, 2) television receivers, curtains, chairs, and 3) Christmas trees. The most intense fire of a single ignition source was found in one of the Christmas trees: the Maximum rate of heat release was about 650 kW and the maximum temperature above the burning tree as high as 1300 deg. C.