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Fire Hazards of Dry Versus Watered Christmas Trees

December 15, 2020
Author(s)
Matthew S. Hoehler, Matthew F. Bundy, Laurean A. DeLauter, Robin L. Materese, Leon Gerskovic, Jose R. Garcia
These experiments were designed to examine the difference in fire hazard between a dry Christmas tree and a watered Christmas tree for fire safety awareness. One dry tree (no water after harvesting) and one watered tree was tested with no replicates. The

Effect of Pressure on the Heat Transfer of Pool Fire in a Closed Chamber

June 15, 2020
Author(s)
Jian Chen, Yubo Bi, Yanli Zhao, Andy Tam, Changhai Li, Shouxiang Lu
A combined analytical and experimental study was performed to determine the effect of pressure on the heat transfer of pool fire in a closed chamber. A series of ethanol pool fires with diameters from 4 cm to 10 cm were carried out in the pressure chamber

Chemical Structure of Medium-Scale Liquid Pool Fires

May 14, 2020
Author(s)
Ryan Falkenstein-Smith, Kunhyuk Sung, Jian Chen, Anthony Hamins
This work documents a series of time-averaged local gas species measurements made throughout the centerline profile of 30 cm methanol, ethanol, and acetone pool fires steadily burning in a quiescent environment. All gas species measurements were obtained

The Characteristics of a 1 m Methanol Pool Fire

May 4, 2020
Author(s)
Kunhyuk Sung, Jian Chen, Matthew Bundy, Anthony Hamins
A series of measurements was made to characterize the structure of a 1 m diameter methyl 12 alcohol (methanol; CH3OH) pool fire steadily burning with a constant lip height in a quiescent 13 environment. Time-averaged local measurements of gas-phase

The Chemical Structure of a 30 cm Methanol Pool Fire

April 25, 2020
Author(s)
Ryan Falkenstein-Smith, Kunhyuk Sung, Jian Chen, Anthony Hamins
This study documents a series of time-averaged gas species measurements made along the centerline of a 30 cm methanol pool fires steadily burning in a quiescent environment. All gas species measurements are obtained using a Gas Chromatograph/ Mass

Analysis of a Slug Calorimeter with a Curie Point

April 3, 2020
Author(s)
Jiann C. Yang, Thomas J. Ohlemiller
A lump-capacitance heat transfer model was developed to model the operation of a slug calorimeter constructed of metal with a Curie point. The resulting formula has been successfully used to infer total heat flux to a metal structural member in a fire by

The Thermal Character of a 1 m Methanol Pool Fire

February 27, 2020
Author(s)
Kunhyuk Sung, Jian Chen, Matthew Bundy, Marco G. Fernandez, Anthony Hamins
A series of measurements were made to investigate the thermal character of a 1 m diameter methyl alcohol (methanol; CH3OH) pool fire steadily burning with a constant lip height in a quiescent environment. The mass burning rate was measured by monitoring

The Structure of Medium-Scale Pool Fires

February 19, 2020
Author(s)
Ryan L. Falkenstein-Smith, Kunhyuk Sung, Jian Chen, Kimberly J. Harris, Anthony P. Hamins
This report documents a series of time-averaged gas species measurements made along the centerline of methanol, ethanol, and acetone pool fires steadily burning in a quiescent environment. All gas species measurements are obtained using a Gas Chromatograph

Assessing the Predictive Capability for Real-Scale Residential Upholstered Furniture Mock-Up Fires using Cone Calorimeter Measurements. Part 1: Real-Scale Experiments

February 10, 2020
Author(s)
William M. Pitts, Martin Werrel, Marco G. Fernandez, Mary A. Long, Evan A. Eisenberg, James J. Filliben, Cory D. Runyon
This is the first of three reports describing a study designed to assess the feasibility of utilizing small-scale measurements in a cone calorimeter as inputs for predicting the burning behavior of real-scale residential upholstered furniture (RUF). Here
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