SEDL / STP / STP882-EB / STP35301S

Prediction of Upholstered Chair Heat Release Rates from Bench-Scale Measurements

Babrauskas, V
National Bureau of Standards, Gaithersburg, MD

Krasny, JF
National Bureau of Standards, Gaithersburg, MD

Pages: 17    Published: Jan 1985

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Abstract

In an earlier study a full-scale furniture calorimeter was used to determine the heat release rates for upholstered chairs containing various construction materials. Samples of these same material combinations have now been tested in a bench-scale apparatus, the cone calorimeter. A correlation was established between bench-scale and full-scale data. Thus, it appears that prediction of flashover potential of a single upholstered item may be possible by using bench-scale results.