Water Curtain

[DM2]

I'm looking for information or resources to calculate the amount heat reduction provided by a water curtain given a known flow rate.

Lees' Loss Prevention book provides some references but I'm unable to locate them on the Web.


Regards,
Dan Marr

"Real world Knowledge isn't dropped from a parachute in the sky but rather acquired in tiny increments from a variety of sources including panic and curiosity."

 

[stookeyfpe]

If you have access to NFPA 15, Annex A gives you some latent heat of vaporization for H20 and you can reverse calculate it based on your application rate on the object you are protecting.

 

[fireguy519345]

http://www.nfpa.org/aboutthecodes/list_of_codes_and_standards.asp?cookie_test=1

The above link should allow to read only the current copy of any of the NFPA Standards.

 

[DM2]

Stookeyfpe,
Thanks for pointing me in the right direction. I'll look through it.

Fireguy519345.
Thanks for the link. I have all of the standards, dating back to 72 in PDF, so i'll have a look through them.

Regards,
Dan Marr

"Real world Knowledge isn't dropped from a parachute in the sky but rather acquired in tiny increments from a variety of sources including panic and curiosity."