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195196197198199200201202203204205206207208209210211212213214215216217218219220221222223224225226227228229230231232A B C D E F G H I J K LTest SDC06 Smoldering Mattress in BedroomTime 1ISO Gas FED = 0.3CO2 CO HCN ASET Final Value Minimum Outside Room of OriginMaster Bedroom (A) FEDG GASA_3 GASA_1 - 0.301 6008 (Smoke) 6068 (Smoke)Utility Hallway (C) FEDG GASC_3 GASC_1 - 0.067Front Door Hallway (F) FEDG GASF_3 GASF_1 - 0.001Burn Room (BEK) FEDG GASB_3 GASB_1 - 0.022NIST Gas FED = 0.3CO2 CO HCN ASET Final ValueMaster Bedroom (A) FEDGN GASA_3 GASA_1 - 0.000Utility Hallway (C) FEDGN GASC_3 GASC_1 - 0.000Front Door Hallway (F) FEDGN GASF_3 GASF_1 - 0.000Burn Room (BEK) FEDGN GASB_3 GASB_1 - 0.000ISO Convected Heat = 0.3Temperature ASET Final ValueMaster Bedroom (A) FEDH TCA_4 0.106Burn Room Bedroom (B) FEDH TCB_4 0.122Utility Hallway (C) FEDH TCC_4 0.095Hallway Outside Burn Room Bedroom (D) FEDH TCD_4 0.085Living Room (E) FEDH TCE_4 0.094Front Door Hallway (F) FEDH TCF_4 0.092Closed Bedroom (G) FEDH TCG 0.058Smoke Obscuration = 0.25 m-1OD ASET Final ValueMaster Bedroom (A) Smoke SMA_4 6098 0.279Burn Room Bedroom (B) Smoke SMB_4 6008 0.408Utility Hallway (C) Smoke SMC_4 6078 0.293Hallway Outside Burn Room Bedroom (D) Smoke SMD_4 0.260Living Room (E) Smoke SME_4 6068 0.261Front Door Hallway (F) Smoke SMF_4 0.069Closed Bedroom (G) Smoke SMG 0.017
233234235236237238239240241242243244245246247248249250251252253254255256257258259260261262263264265266267268269270A B C D E F G H I J K LTest SDC07 Flaming Mattress in BedroomTime 1ISO Gas FED = 0.3CO2 CO HCN ASET Final Value Minimum Outside Room of OriginMaster Bedroom (A) FEDG GASA_3 GASA_1 - 0.134 145 (Smoke) 163 (Smoke)Utility Hallway (C) FEDG GASC_3 GASC_1 - 0.120Front Door Hallway (F) FEDG GASF_3 GASF_1 - 289 0.328Burn Room (BEK) FEDG GASB_3 GASB_1 - 217 0.307NIST Gas FED = 0.3CO2 CO HCN ASET Final ValueMaster Bedroom (A) FEDGN GASA_3 GASA_1 - 0.000Utility Hallway (C) FEDGN GASC_3 GASC_1 - 0.000Front Door Hallway (F) FEDGN GASF_3 GASF_1 - 0.022Burn Room (BEK) FEDGN GASB_3 GASB_1 - 0.067ISO Convected Heat = 0.3Temperature ASET Final ValueMaster Bedroom (A) FEDH TCA_4 0.084Burn Room Bedroom (B) FEDH TCB_4 193 0.315Utility Hallway (C) FEDH TCC_4 0.217Hallway Outside Burn Room Bedroom (D) FEDH TCD_4 295 0.305Living Room (E) FEDH TCE_4 387 0.300Front Door Hallway (F) FEDH TCF_4 283 0.305Closed Bedroom (G) FEDH TCG 0.005Smoke Obscuration = 0.25 m-1OD ASET Final ValueMaster Bedroom (A) Smoke SMA_4 191 0.256Burn Room Bedroom (B) Smoke SMB_4 145 0.253Utility Hallway (C) Smoke SMC_4 187 0.263Hallway Outside Burn Room Bedroom (D) Smoke SMD_4 163 0.271Living Room (E) Smoke SME_4 181 0.265Front Door Hallway (F) Smoke SMF_4 199 0.379Closed Bedroom (G) Smoke SMG 219 3.599
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NIST Technical Note 1455Performance
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Certain commercial entities, equipm
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2.5 Alarm Identification ..........
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7.5.3 Tell-tale Sprinklers ........
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Figure 37. Ion-1, six wicks 12 s de
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Figure 106. Gas temperatures from c
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Figure 161. Frying margarine scenar
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Figure 205. Bread in a toaster, fan
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The fire emulator/detector evaluato
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NIST, and others felt that it was t
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A second test site, obtained throug
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Thus typical residential sprinklers
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2 Residential Fire Alarms, Sensor R
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Figure 2. Schematic of the FE/DE (a
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urner fuel and air wereincremented
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Thus, within the range typical ofio
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k = ln( I / I ) L mextinction (m -1
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87Obscuration (%/ft)654321Smolder s
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Table 2. Listed unmodified alarm se
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Figures 28 - 37 show the results fo
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for all (modified) ionization alarm
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Table 6. Top fire scenarios ranked
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The flaming chair was chosen with a
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3.3 Ignition MethodologyThere were
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Figure 85 shows the smoldering rod
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3.34 m2.29 m 3.27 m0.53 mBath3.63 m
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temperature measurement in the diff
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1.04 m0.53 m0.80 m3.38 mTemperature
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4.2 Sample MassMass loss from the o
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With different line lengths, vacuum
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Table 9. Locations for primary opti
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Finally, a size distribution measur
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5 Fire Source Test Results and Calc
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Table 12. Test Conditions for tests
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Remote Bedroom45Temperature (°C)40
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Hallway Outside Remote Bedroom70Tem
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Living Room60Temperature (°C)50403
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Closed Bedroom301520 mm25Temperatur
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Remote Bedroom2.52.020 mm900 mmOpti
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Hallway Outside Remote Bedroom1.41.
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Living Room2.52.020 mm900 mmOptical
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Closed Bedroom0.10Initiation of Sup
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Carbon Dioxide2.01.5Remote BedroomM
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Smoke Alarm Output10030Smoke Alarm
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Heat Alarm-600Initiation of Suppres
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• carbon monoxide alarms - 50 x 1
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5.4.2 Tenability TimesChapter 8 of
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Alarm Code was revised to require s
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Measurements of the aerosol number
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ANumber Concentration (particles/cm
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Number Concentration (particles/cm3
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SDC24 was a cooking oil fire in the
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5002Mass Concentration (mg/m3)37525
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Table 17. Cascade impactor resultsT
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50 % cut-off Diameter(μm)1010.1MMA
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50 % cut-off Diameter(μm)1010.1MMA
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Table 19. Estimated particle size f
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6 Residential Smoke Alarm Nuisance
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A2ARHCBA1DEA3FGU+V+Figure 141. Sche
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lags the MIC current due to the tim
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0.50.5Velocity or Speed (m/s)0.250-
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Time to Alarm Threshold (s)A6005004
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• Photoelectric alarm thresholds
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6.3.6 Broiled and Baked/Broiled Piz
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6.3.7 Broiling HamburgersFour 110 g
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7 DiscussionIn 1975, the Indiana Du
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Table 24. Average time to alarm (in
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8 SummaryThe data developed in this
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4. Develop standard nuisance alarm
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Finally, a press day was held that
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Page 369 and 370: FTIR GAS MEASUREMENT IN HOME SMOKE
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