000			01540nab a2200205 4500
005			20260520000945.0
008			260224s2010 xxu
245	0	0	_aExperimental investigation of an office fire with a partially impaired sprinkler system
260			_a _b _cjul. 2010
270			_a26/08/2010 ; 26/08/2010
300			_a31 p. ; 611-627
520			_aTranscripción del resumen del autor. In this work, an actual office fire with a partially impaired automatic sprinkler system was investigated. As per regulations, there were four sprinklers in this model office. In the research conducted here, the first three sprinklers were actuated without water supply, while the last sprinkler was supplied with water at the required operating pressure for a period of 30 min. The fire source, a burning plastic trash can filled with 0.5 kg of paper, burned the adjacent chair, desk, desktop computer, and then reached the interior wooden furniture. The results show that the single remaining sprinkler effectively controlled the fire spread for 30 min. The partially impaired sprinkler system does not completely extinguish the fire, but extends the available time for evacuation. Continuing the discharge from sprinklers is preferable since the heat release from the fire increased after water flow was terminated.
581			_a3
773	0		_tFire Technology _g46
942			_cARTICULO
100	1		_aLai, Chi-Ming _946631
100	1		_aHo, Ming-Chin _946632
100	1		_aChen, Chiun-Hsun _915184
999			_c176321 _d176321