SEDL / STP / STP1150-EB / STP23786S

Evaluating the Hazards of Large Petrochemical Fires

Keltner, NR
Supervisor,senior members of technical staff, Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, NM

Acton, RU
Supervisor,senior members of technical staff, Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, NM

Gill, W
Supervisor,senior members of technical staff, Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, NM

Pages: 7    Published: Jan 1992

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Abstract

Fire testing and fire research would be aided by the standardization of the fire environment, test articles, sensors, and procedures for the sake of reproducibility and interlaboratory comparisons. Current and proposed fire standards dictate control by either “fire temperature” or by “fire heat flux”. This equivocation can lead to confusion. This article discusses the circumstances under which temperature may be the more important control parameter and when heat flux may be the more important control parameter. Examples are given.