Water for manual fire suppression
(2001) In Journal of Fire Protection Engineering 11(4). p.209-231- Abstract
- Water demand for manual fire suppression is analyzed. The Fire Point Theory is validated concerning fuel surface cooling effects and the critical water flow rate is determined and compared with previous investigations. It is shown that the critical flow rate is not the best use of resources. Therefore, the water flow giving the minimum total volume is determined. Data from real fires was compared with this experimentally-determined flow. There is a difference between experiments and real fires in terms of the water flow rate used, the control time and the total volume of water used. The reasons behind these differences are explained.
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- author
- Sardqvist, Stefan and Holmstedt, Göran LU
- organization
- publishing date
- 2001
- type
- Contribution to journal
- publication status
- published
- subject
- keywords
- Fire protection, Cooling, Data reduction, Fire fighting equipment, Flow of water
- in
- Journal of Fire Protection Engineering
- volume
- 11
- issue
- 4
- pages
- 209 - 231
- publisher
- SAGE Publications
- external identifiers
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- scopus:0035715059
- ISSN
- 1042-3915
- DOI
- 10.1177/104239101400934333
- language
- English
- LU publication?
- yes
- id
- dd640bcc-1e98-4f05-af9c-44141f59c379 (old id 4468397)
- date added to LUP
- 2016-04-01 16:52:28
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