Essays about: "fire scenario."
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1. Solar Photovoltaic Fire Risks : FE-analysis of fire exposed solar photovoltaic systems and comparison of current legislation and recommendations from different countries
University essay from Luleå tekniska universitet/Byggkonstruktion och brandAbstract : The global use of energy increases every day and to meet the growing demand, energy sources are constantly being developed to become more efficient and reliable. During the last decade, the global solar photovoltaics (PV) capacity has increased every year and in 2017, solar PV was the global leading power source of renewable energy. READ MORE
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2. Estimating Future Forest Fire Risk in Gävleborg County Sweden in 2041-2070 Following RCP 8.5
University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för naturgeografi och ekosystemvetenskapAbstract : Forest fires can act as an ecosystem service by providing habitat renewal, controlling pests, and reducing the risk of extreme fires, but can at the same time disturb an ecosystem negatively. Furthermore, forest fires release carbon dioxide into the atmosphere, damage property, and lead to health issues. READ MORE
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3. Investigation on Enhancing Fire Threat Perception in Virtual Reality through Subject-Expectancy Effect
University essay from Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för BrandteknikAbstract : This thesis examines the use of subject-expectancy effect on enhancing fire threat perception in virtual reality. The study involves a virtual fire scenario design and 33 participants who experience virtual fires of three different scales in the scenario using a head-mounted display as visual and auditory perception and adopting physical movement in real world as their way of locomotion. READ MORE
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4. Exploring the Feasibility of Using Fire Dynamics Simulator to Improve the Calculation of the Wildfire Available Safe Egress Time
University essay from Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för BrandteknikAbstract : Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI) fires pose a significant threat to public safety and property in areas where urban development encroaches upon natural landscapes. This thesis aims to investigate the effect of smoke from a WUI fire on the tenability conditions of a small village and to establish a worst-case-scenario trigger boundary around it as an improved basis for the WUI available safe egress time (WASET). READ MORE
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5. Fire insurance in Sweden from an individual owner’s perspective : a cost benefit analysis
University essay from SLU/Dept. of Forest EconomicsAbstract : Forest insurance is seen as a management tool for preventing losses in a business. 48 percent of the forest landscape are owned by Individual owners (IO´s) and are divided into 222 000 user units. A large share of them are insured today. READ MORE