- Author
- Min, K.
- Title
- Catalytic Sensor for the Measurement of Heat of Combustion of Smoke.
- Coporate
- Harvard Univ., Cambridge, MA
- Sponsor
- National Fire Protection and Control Admin., Washington, DC
- Report
- Home Fire Proj. Tech. Rpt. 23, August 1977, 22 p.
- Contract
- GRANT-75-004
- Keywords
- smoke | combustion
- Identifiers
- catalytic sensor; heat of combustion
- Abstract
- The use of a catalytic sensor, in the form of a heated platinum wire, for the measurement of heat of combustion of fire-generated smoke was studied. Calibration of the sensor with several fuel gases indicates that the sensitivity of the sensor depends on the Lewis numer of the fuel-air mixtures. The sensor responds to the particulates in smoke, although its sensitivity to the particulates has not yet been measured.