Atrium smoke exhaust and technical issues on hot smoke tests

Proceedings of the ASME Summer Heat Transfer Conference

Volumn 1, Issue , 2005, Pages 683-687

  Chow, W K ^a  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Atrium fire; Hot smoke tests; Smoke exhaust system

Indexed keywords

DRENCHER SYSTEM; SMOKE EXHAUST SYSTEMS; SMOKE TESTS;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EXHAUST GASES; FIRES; SPRINKLER SYSTEMS (FIRE FIGHTING);

SMOKE;

EID: 29744431579     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1115/HT2005-72412     Document Type: Conference Paper

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