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Author
Brohez, S. | Marlair, G. | Delvosalle, C.
Title
Fire Calorimetry Relying on the Use of the Fire Propagation Apparatus. Part 1. Early Learning From Use in Europe.
Coporate
Faculté Polytechnique de Mons, Belgium Institut National de l'Environnement Industriel et des Risques (INERIS), France
Journal
Fire and Materials, Vol. 30, No. 2, 131-149, March/April 2006
Keywords
calorimetry | calorimeters | ASTM E 2058 | equipment | experiments | heat release rate | species yields | fire tests | ventilation | NFPA 287 | heat flux | verification | vaporization | fire hazard assessment | heptane | carbon dioxide | oxygen yield | oxygen consumption
Identifiers
Fire Propagation Apparatus (FPA) [originally called the 50kW lab-scale flammability apparatus in the USA]; commissioning tests; under-ventilation; European program MISTRAL; INERIS fire laboratory; on-line measuring devices implemented to the INERIS FPA; water vaporization tests; fuel lean and fuel rich conditions