- Author
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Roby, R. J.
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Beyler, C. L.
- Title
- Compartment Fire Combustion Dynamics. Annual Report. August 1, 1989-August 1, 1990.
- Coporate
- Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA
Hughes Associates, Wheaton, MD
- Sponsor
- National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD
- Report
-
NIST GCR 91-588,
May 1991,
39 p.
- Distribution
- Available from National Technical Information Service
- Contract
- NIST-GRANT-60NANB8D02829
- Keywords
-
compartment fires
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hexanes
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polymethyl methacrylate
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polyurethanes
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smoke generation
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species concentrations
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toxic gases
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wood
- Abstract
- The interim findings of a planned three-year experimental investigation are summarized. The investigation is designed to determine the effect of realistic compartment fire flows on species production rates and their correlation with equivalence ratio and to establish major toxic gas and smoke generation rates for important fuels such as PMMA, wood and TDI-based polyurethane. The apparatus for the measurements is described and findings for a series of hexane fires over a range of equivalence ratio are described. Preliminary measurements using PMMA-fueled fires are also included.