Mitigation of backdraft with water mist: A reduced-scale experimental study

Process Safety Progress

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 163-168

  Weng, W G ^a   Fan, W C ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUILDINGS; COOLING; FIRE PROTECTION; FOG; IGNITION;

WATER MIST;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION;

FIRE; SAFETY FACTOR;

EID: 0141975684     PISSN: 10668527     EISSN: None     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/prs.680220305     Document Type: Article

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