Ethanol fireplaces: Safety matters

Safety Science

Volumn 57, Issue , 2013, Pages 243-253

  Guillaume, Eric ^a   Loferme Pedespan, Noëlle ^a   Duclerget Baudequin, Agnès ^a   Raguideau, Aymeric ^a   Fulton, Romain ^a   Lieval, Laurent ^a  

^a LABORATOIRE NATIONAL DE MÉTROLOGIE ET D ESSAIS LNE   (France)

Author keywords

Ethanol fireplace; Regulation; Risk analysis; Safety assessment; Safety rules

Indexed keywords

DOMESTIC PURPOSE; ELECTRONIC SENSORS; HIGH TEMPERATURE; NUMERICAL APPROACHES; REGULATION; RISK SOURCES; SAFETY ASSESSMENTS; SAFETY RULES;

AIR QUALITY; DOMESTIC APPLIANCES; ETHANOL; RISK ANALYSIS; SAFETY ENGINEERING;

CHIMNEYS;

ALCOHOL;

AIR QUALITY; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL BURN; CHEMICAL SAFETY; FIRE PROTECTION; FLOW RATE; GAS ANALYSIS; HEAT INJURY; HIGH TEMPERATURE; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY;

EID: 84875861229     PISSN: 09257535     EISSN: 18791042     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ssci.2013.03.003     Document Type: Article

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