Heat Release Rate Required to Produce Flashover.
- Energy release rate required for flashover is estimated by,
Q = 750Ao, [Babrauskas, 1980]
Q = 0.78AT + 378Ao [Thomas, 1981]
where AT is the total internal surface area and Ao is the area of the opening.
- For the test with 0.185m door width, we have the heat release rate required for flashover is 14.8kW or 14.1kW respectively.
- The heat release rate prior to flashover, as predicted by the model was approximately 12kW.