Small and large scale fire experiments with electric cables under well-ventilated and vitiated conditions

Fire Technology

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 247-262

  Andersson, Petra ^a   Rosell, Lars ^a   Simonson, Margaret ^a   Emanuelsson, Viktor ^b  

^a SP TECHNICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF SWEDEN   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BORÅS   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Cable fires; Casico; Dioxins; Fire testing; PAH; PVC; Ventilation; VOC

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC CABLES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; POWER TRANSMISSION;

FIRE CONDITIONS; INORGANIC SPECIES;

FIRES;

CABLE; FIRE;

EID: 3042773064     PISSN: 00152684     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:FIRE.0000026879.07753.86     Document Type: Article

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