Interaction of water mists with a diffusion flame in a confined space

Fire Safety Journal

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 129-139

  Yao, Bin ^a   Fan, Weicheng ^a   Liao, Guangxuan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; CALORIMETERS; CARBON MONOXIDE; FLAME RESEARCH; FOG; OXYGEN; THERMAL DIFFUSION IN GASES; VENTILATION;

CONFINED SPACE; DIFFUSION FLAME; WATER MISTS;

FIRES;

EID: 0032597915     PISSN: 03797112     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0379-7112(99)00020-X     Document Type: Article

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