Industrial Fire Protection Engineering

• Record Nr.: UNINA9911019474403321
• Autore: Zalosh Robert G
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: [Place of publication not identified], : Wiley Imprint, 2003
• ISBN: 1-118-90311-0; 1-61344-818-X
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (ix, 387 pages) : illustrations
• Disciplina: 628.9/22
• Soggetti: Fire prevention
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Introduction and Perspective -- Engineering Approach to Industrial Fire Protection -- Statistical Overview of Industrial Fires and Explosions -- Historical Industrial Fires and Explosions -- Plant Siting and Layout -- Fire Protection Siting Considerations -- Plant Layout for Fire Protection -- Fire Resistant Construction -- Fire Resistant Construction Materials -- Fire Resistance Calculations -- Fire Resistance Testing -- Fire Walls -- Fire Doors -- Insulated Metal Deck Roofing -- Water Spray Protection of Exposed Structures -- Smoke Isolation and Venting -- Isolation and Halon Suppression within -- Ventilated Equipment -- Isolation within Rooms -- Buiding Smoke Control -- Heat and Smoke Venting -- Heat and Smoke Vents in Sprinklered Buildings -- Warehouse Storage -- Warehouse Fire Losses -- Storage Configurations -- Storage Height Effects -- Commodity Effects -- Sprinkler Flow Rate Requirements -- Modelling of Sprinklered Warehouse Fires -- Cold Storage Warehouse Fire Protection -- Storage of Special. Commodities and Bulk Storage -- Roll Paper -- Nonwoven Roll Goods -- Tire Storage -- Aerosol Products -- Solid Oxidizers -- Bulk Storage -- Flammable Liquids Ignitability and Extinguishability -- Incident Data -- Ignitability Temperatures -- Electrostatic Ignitability -- Pool and Spill Fire Heat Release Rates -- Spray Fires -- Water Spray Extinguishment -- Foam Extinguishment -- Dry Chemical and Twin Agent Extinguishment -- Carbon Dioxide Suppression -- Halon Replacement Suppression Agents -- Flammable Liquid Storage -- Storage Tanks -- Drum Storage -- Flammable Liquids in Small Containers -- Electrical Cables and ; Equipment -- Electrical Cables: Generic Description -- Cable Fire Incidents -- Cable Flammability Tests and Classifications -- Vertical Cable Tray Fire Test Data -- Horizontal Cable Tray Fire Test Data -- Cable Fire Suppression Tests -- Passive Protection: Coating and Wraps -- Protection Guidelines and Practices -- Electronic Equipemnt Flammability and Vulnerability -- Transformer Fire. Protection -- Flame Radiation -- Historic Industrial Fires and Exlosions -- Blast Waves.