Standard Test Criteria for Evaluation of Underground Fire Detection Systems–Final Report (Including Phase IV)

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• Personal Author:
  Khan MM ; Newman JS
• Description:
  This report presents a summary of the results of a four-phase program conducted to evaluate underground fire detection systems. The major accomplishments of this program are (1) quantification and prediction of the distribution of fire products in a mine passageway; (2) quantification of "equivalent protection" by fire detectors as contained in title 30 of the code of federal regulations; (3) definition of detection criteria; (4) design of a detector test program for determining detector spacing requirements; (5) design, construction, operation, and calibration of a fire test apparatus for evaluating mine fire detectors; (6) quantification of several mine fire sources; (7) evaluation of several fire detector types including heat, CO and co2 gas, and ionization smoke detectors; (8) development of generalized spacing criteria for mine fire detectors; and (9) development of performance specifications. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Occupational Health Safety
• Series:
  Mining Publications
• Subseries:
  Open File Report
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Conference Publications ; Final Contract Report
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  PRC - Pittsburgh Research Center
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  1-217
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:10004584
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB85-204170
• Citation:
  NTIS: PB/85-204170 :217 pages
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1984
• Performing Organization:
  Factory Mutual Research, Corp.
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Source Full Name:
  NTIS: PB/85-204170
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:0739fe5d1a1324223ff080b054c0032c991d9b3472e20d68aec79eaf66537f5f53ba93b288316340cf700b5057cefef0b139b8071e3cf4743004bb88e39d8758
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/206765/cdc_206765_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 7.38 MB ]