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Author
Mulholland, G. W. | Henzel, V. | Babrauskas, V.
Title
Effect of Radiant Flux on Smoke Emission.
Coporate
National Bureau of Standards, Gaithersburg, MD
Report
NBSIR 88-3753,
Distribution
Available from National Technical Information Service
Book or Conf
U.S./Japan Government Cooperative Program on Natural Resources (UJNR). Fire Research and Safety. 9th Joint Panel Meeting of the UJNR Panel. May 4-8, 1987., Norwood, MA, 100-110 p., 1987
Keywords
radiant flux profile | cone calorimeters | burning rate | large scale fire tests
Identifiers
smoke and species products; smoke emission; light extinction coefficient
Abstract
Smoke emission and the light extinction coefficient are measured for propane, heptane, PMMA, wood, Prudhoe Bay crude oil, and rigid polyurethane in the Cone Calorimeter for radiant fluxes up to 100 kW/M(2). By increasing the specific burning rate in the Cone Calorimeter to match the burning rate in a large scale test, a good correlation is obtained between the smoke properties obtained with the Cone and the same properties obtained in large scale tests.