Statistical Research Support on Navy Fire Protection and Fuel Technology Programs.

Abstract

NRL collected data on the concentration levels attained by carbon monoxide, carbon dioxide and oxygen during a number of free-burning fires of different sizes (2, 7, 15, 50 and 100 cm diameter). The duration of most fires was approximately thirty minutes. Each fire consisted of three phases: start-up, burning, and suppression. The burning periods, determined via the examination of the gas concentration level-time plots, were based on an interval around the midpoint of the sequence of observations. To aid NRL in its research, Desmatics conducted a statistical analysis of gas concentration build-up and depletion rates during the burning period.

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 1984
Accession Number
ADA146349

Entities

People

  • D. E. Smith

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Carbon Dioxide
  • Carbon Monoxide
  • Chemical Compounds
  • Diameters
  • Dielectric Gases
  • Fire Protection
  • Gases
  • Intervals
  • Mathematics
  • Monoxides
  • Observation
  • Oxygen
  • Sequences
  • Statistical Analysis

Readers

  • Combustion science or combustion engineering.
  • Fire Suppression Systems Design.
  • Mathematics or Statistics