| DOI | Resolve DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01043125 |
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| Author | Search for: Harmathy, T. Z.1 |
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| Affiliation | - National Research Council of Canada
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| Format | Text, Article |
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| Subject | flash over; normalized heat load; postflashover fires; pyrolysis; cellulosic fuels; stoichiometry; char; reactor model; burning regimes; modeling; normalized heat load; thermal absorptivity; Fire; inflammation generalisée; charge calorifique normalisée |
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| Abstract | The NRCC model of fully developed compartment fires is discussed. The model offers an explanation for the findings that "ventilation control" is related to the pyrolysis mechanism and is not a result of scarcity of air in the fire compartment, and that thermal feedback is of secondary importance in "burning" (pyrolysis) of cellulosic fuels. The normalized heat load is a scalar quantity that depends on the total heat absorbed by the compartment boundaries during the fire incident, and is practically independent of the temperature history of the fire. The normalized heat load concept offers a simple means for converting fire severities into fire resistance requirements, and makes it possible to design buildings for prescribed levels of structural fire safety. The potential of fires to spread by convection and the expected characteristics of fires of noncharring plastics are also discussed. |
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| Publication date | 1986-08-01 |
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| Publisher | Kluwer Academic Publishers |
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| Note | Reprinted as NRC-IRC report IRC-P-1418 |
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| Language | English |
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| Peer reviewed | Yes |
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| NPARC number | 21272106 |
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| Record identifier | f9210d4c-5646-43f7-8d63-007e846cdac5 |
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| Record created | 2014-07-22 |
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| Record modified | 2020-03-17 |
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