How to Measure Smoke Obscuration in a Manner Relevant to Fire Hazard Assessment: Use of Heat Release Calorimetry Test Equipment
- 1 May 1991
- journal article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Journal of Fire Sciences
- Vol. 9 (3) , 183-222
- https://doi.org/10.1177/073490419100900302
Abstract
In the first section of this paper smoke obscuration measurement tests are being classified according to the type of equipment used (static or dynamic), the scale and the other properties measured. The conclusion of this section is that the most adequate means to measure smoke obscuration, so as to have results useful for fire hazard assessment, is by determining a combina tion of heat release and smoke release, e.g., with the cone or OSU calorimeter.Keywords
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