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Critical considerations on the use of a bi‐directional probe in heat release measurements
Author(s) -
Sette Bart J. G.
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
fire and materials
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.482
H-Index - 58
eISSN - 1099-1018
pISSN - 0308-0501
DOI - 10.1002/fam.886
Subject(s) - duct (anatomy) , combustion , mass flow rate , volumetric flow rate , smoke , mass flow , mechanics , flow (mathematics) , differential pressure , mechanical engineering , materials science , environmental science , automotive engineering , chemistry , engineering , waste management , physics , medicine , organic chemistry , pathology
In various medium to large scale fire test equipment, such as the ISO room corner (RC) test and more recently the single burning item (SBI) test, the mass flow measurement of the combustion gases plays a key role in the determination of the heat release rate and smoke production rate. To date a bi‐directional low‐velocity pressure probe has been used to calculate this flow based on a differential pressure measurement on the axis of the exhaust duct. The objectives of this paper were to evaluate this bi‐directional probe—and the modified SBI version—when used for measuring flows in exhaust ducts. Recommendations are given on the future use of pressure probes measuring exhaust gas mass flows. Copyright © 2005 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.