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Fundamentals and Control
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Fundamentals and Control
ByWalter M. Haessler
Edition 1st Edition
First Published 1988
eBook Published 27 August 2020
Pub. Location Boca Raton
Imprint CRC Press
Pages 264
eBook ISBN 9781003066125
Subjects Built Environment, Engineering & Technology
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Haessler, W.M. (1988). Fire: Fundamentals and Control (1st ed.). CRC Press. https://doi.org/10.1201/9781003066125
ABSTRACT
This book is devoted to the complex nature of fire, the intricasies of the combustion process, the influence of chemical and physical properties of fuels, and the proper means of fire extinguishment. It lists sequentially the various factors in the combustion process.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
1. Modes and Types of Combustion 2. Flammability Characteristics of Combustible Gases and Vapors 3. Flammability Limits of Mixtures of Two or More Flammable Gases 4. Pyrolytic Decomposition of Fuel Vapors and Combustion Chain Reactions 5. Combustion of Fire-Generated Gases 6. Fire Extinguishment 7. Environmental Considerations 8. Epilogue
