Essays about: "fire sprinkler"

Showing result 6 - 10 of 10 essays containing the words fire sprinkler.

  1. 6. Comparison of Sprinkler Activation in Flat and Sloping Ceilings using FDS 6

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för Brandteknik; Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för Riskhantering och Samhällssäkerhet

    Author : Erik Carlsson; [2013]
    Keywords : Sprinkler activation; fire sprinkler; fire suppression; actuation; sloping ceiling; slope; CFD; Computational Fluid Dynamics; Fire Dynamics Simulator; FDS; FDS 6; NFPA 13; sprinkler activation pattern; sprinkler suppression.; Technology and Engineering;

    Abstract : The purpose of this report is to investigate the implications of installing sprinkler systems in ceilings with a ceiling slope exceeding the maximum permitted by NFPA 13, being 9.5 ° or 18.44 ° depending on the type of sprinkler system. READ MORE

  3. 7. Freezing in Fire Sprinkler Systems During Activation at Low Temperatures

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för energivetenskaper

    Author : Kamil Oskar Bialas; [2011]
    Keywords : Freezing Fire sprinkler system ice growth ; Technology and Engineering;

    Abstract : The subject of this thesis is theoretical examination of freezing phenomena inside fire sprinkler systems during activation at low temperatures in the surroundings. Many sprinkler systems are installed in environments such that they must be operable at subfreezing temperature conditions. READ MORE

  4. 8. An analysis of fixed water sprinkler systems on ro-ro decks

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för Brandteknik

    Author : Rasmus Frid; David Palm; [2010]
    Keywords : Sprinkler; wet pipe; dry pipe; deluge; Resolution A.123 V ; ro-ro; car fire; HGV fire; cost benefit analysis; FSA; Formal safety assessment; torrör; våtrör; bilbrand; lastbilsbrand; kostnad-nytta analys; Technology and Engineering;

    Abstract : This report is a cost benefit analysis of a proposal for new sprinkler installation guidelines for ro-ro deck. It is a relative comparison between the present guidelines and a new proposal developed by SP Technical Research Institute of Sweden. READ MORE

  5. 9. Sprinkler för personskydd

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för Brandteknik; Lunds universitet/Brandingenjörsprogrammet; Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för Riskhantering och Samhällssäkerhet

    Author : Christian Hansson; [2003]
    Keywords : fractional incapacitation dose; carbon dioxide; carbon monoxide; oxygen; literature; Residential sprinkler; temperature; thermal radiation; Technology and Engineering;

    Abstract : The report puts together existing experiences about residential sprinkler on issues as its ability to save lives in a fire, its reliability in activation and reasons for failure of fulfilling these tasks. The project also conducts a series of tests with activation of sprinkler in a room with a fire in order to record and evaluate the environment in the room after the sprinkler activated and compare it with a fire with no sprinkler present. READ MORE

  6. 10. Personskydd i vårdrum - en jämförelse mellan sprinklat och osprinklat utförande

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för Brandteknik; Lunds universitet/Brandingenjörsprogrammet; Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för Riskhantering och Samhällssäkerhet

    Author : Emmanuele Patti; [2003]
    Keywords : regression analysis; hospitals; evacuation safety; evacuation planning; Sprinkler systems; Monte Carlo-simulations; Technology and Engineering;

    Abstract : The report evaluates in which manner a sprinkler system affects evacuation safety in hospitals. Primarily hospitals are categorised in two groups, one where patients are able to evacuate by themselves and one where patients need nurses to evacuate. READ MORE