- Author
- McGuire, J. H.
- Title
- Positive Pressure Fire Resistance Furnace.
- Coporate
- National Research Council of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario
- Report
- Technical Note 570, April 1973, 7 p.
- Keywords
- furnaces | pressure differential | partitions | costs | safety
- Identifiers
- wall furnace; heat input requirement; choice of burner; gas supply; pipe sizes; flue sizes
- Abstract
- Positive pressure differentials in the range 0.01 in to 0.1 in W.G. are not unlikely to appear across partitions during the course of a fire in either buildings or ships. Such pressure differentials can significantly reduce fire resistance times, hence, it would not be unreasonable to require a positive pressure differential across a partition during a fire test. Such a requirement has recently been specified for marine applications by the Marine Regulations Branch of the Department of Transport.