- Author
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Tewarson, A.
- Title
- Some Observations on Experimental Fires in Enclosures. Part 1. Cellulosic Materials. Technical Report.
- Coporate
- Factory Mutual Research Corp., Norwood, MA
- Sponsor
- Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, Cincinnati, OH
- Report
-
FMRC Serial No. 18305; RC71-T-29
July 1971
37 p.
- Contract
- PHS-GRANT-R-R01-EC00355-02
- Keywords
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enclosures
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cellulosic materials
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burning rate
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temperature
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ventilation
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burning time
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residential fires
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toxic gases
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hydrocarbons
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toxic products
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residential buildings
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smoke density
- Abstract
- Results are presented for burning rates, temperatures, and gaseous products for experimental fires in enclosures of two sizes. Four regions are observed, each one being characterized by a range of values of the ventilation parameter, burning rates, gaseous product composition and temperatures. At critical ratios of weight of the fuel/volume of the chamber, all the four regions are present, and only two regions are observed. A critical condition is defined corresponding to extreme danger which may occur in residential home fires.