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Residential Sprinkler-Protection Study. Technical Report

H. C. Kung

A research program was initiated to study sprinkler control of residential fires. Hexane pool fires were selected to simulate source fires. The key parameters of investigation were water-discharge rate and drop size. Results show that as the median drop size decreases at constant discharge rate, an increased reduction is observed in: (1) heat-release rate of the fire, (2) convective heat flux through the room opening, (3) ceiling temperature, (4) gas temperature inside the room, and (5) outflow gas temperature. A correlation has been established between heat-absorption rate and the relative median drop size of the spray. A realistic bedroom fire test with flaming ignition was conducted to evaluate the optimum water discharge rate and sprinkler-orifice diameter determined in the pool-fire tests.

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Residential Sprinkler-Protection Study. Technical Report

H. C. Kung

A research program was initiated to study sprinkler control of residential fires. Hexane pool fires were selected to simulate source fires. The key parameters of investigation were water-discharge rate and drop size. Results show that as the median drop size decreases at constant discharge rate, an increased reduction is observed in: (1) heat-release rate of the fire, (2) convective heat flux through the room opening, (3) ceiling temperature, (4) gas temperature inside the room, and (5) outflow gas temperature. A correlation has been established between heat-absorption rate and the relative median drop size of the spray. A realistic bedroom fire test with flaming ignition was conducted to evaluate the optimum water discharge rate and sprinkler-orifice diameter determined in the pool-fire tests.

Residential Sprinkler-Protection Study. Technical Report

H. C. Kung

A research program was initiated to study sprinkler control of residential fires. Hexane pool fires were selected to simulate source fires. The key parameters of investigation were water-discharge rate and drop size. Results show that as the median drop size decreases at constant discharge rate, an increased reduction is observed in: (1) heat-release rate of the fire, (2) convective heat flux through the room opening, (3) ceiling temperature, (4) gas temperature inside the room, and (5) outflow gas temperature. A correlation has been established between heat-absorption rate and the relative median drop size of the spray. A realistic bedroom fire test with flaming ignition was conducted to evaluate the optimum water discharge rate and sprinkler-orifice diameter determined in the pool-fire tests.

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Title:

Residential Sprinkler-Protection Study. Technical Report

Contributors:

H. C. Kung (author)

Publication date:

1975

Size:

131 pages

Type of media:

Report

Type of material:

No indication

Language:

English

Keywords:

Building Industry Technology , Fire fighting , Houses , Sprinkler systems , Fire tests , Simulation , Control , Drops(Liquids) , Particle size , Water , Discharge , Rates(Per time) , Automatic control equipment , Effectiveness , Performance evaluation , Residential buildings , Bedroom fires

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