7. Conclusion
There are two families of methods for assessing smoke opacity. Direct methods are based on the measurement of the smoke extinction coefficient or a similar optical parameter. Indirect methods relate the mass of fuel under consideration to soot production by means of a factor characteristic of the fuel.
Once the opacity has been determined, it's time to choose the right model to correlate it with the loss of visibility. Visibility assessment is a key parameter in fire safety. However, by analogy with toxicity, it is difficult to assess variability within populations, and existing correlations are based on significant assumptions and present strong uncertainties. This is why the performance criterion chosen must be justified and all assumptions known.
Smoke opacity is used descriptively in many contexts, in particular to limit the smoke-producing...
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Bibliography
Standards and norms
- Combustion chemistry – Aerosol production and measurement http://www.iso.org - ISO 29904 - 2013
- Reaction to fire tests – Heat output, smoke development rate and mass loss rate – Part 1: Heat flow (conical calorimeter method) http://www.iso.org - ISO 5660-1 - 2002
- Reaction to fire tests – Heat output, smoke development rate and mass loss rate – Part 2: Smoke development rate (dynamic measurement) http://www.iso.org...
Regulations
Arrêté du 21 novembre 2002 relatif à la réaction au feu des produits de construction et d'aménagement, JO du 31 décembre 2002 – p. 22126-22133.
Arrêté du 25 juin 1980 modifié portant approbation des dispositions générales du règlement de sécurité contre les risques d'incendie et de panique dans les établissements recevant du public.
Arrêté du 22 mars 2004 relatif à la révision...
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The International Association for Fire Safety Science (IAFSS) http://www.iafss.org
Society of Fire Protection Engineers (SFPE) http://www.sfpe.org
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