Development of Hazardous Conditions in Enclosures with Growing Fires

摘要

A mathematical model for simulating the environment in enclosures during the growth stage of hazardous fires was developed previously. To use the model one must specify the energy release rate of the fire, certain heat transfer parameters, the area and height of the enclosure and the elevation of the fire above the floor. Solution to the model's equations would yield the time-varying thickness, temperature, and product of combustion concentrations of an upper smoke layer which starts to drop from the enclosure ceiling at the time of ignition.