An Experimental Study on Compartment Crib Fires with Open Ventilation

The paper describes an experimental study on the behavior of crib fire with open ventilation conditions. An experimental setup is designed and fabricated in the fire research laboratory, IIT Roorkee to investigate and analyze the crib fire behavior in a compartment. Experiments are carried out in a compartment of the dimension of 4 * 4 * 4 and having a door of 2 * 1(All in meters). The parameters, including the gas temperature, mass loss rate, heat flux, flame temperature, and compartment pressure, were measured during the experiments. Based on experimental results and recognized fire theories, the effect of ventilation conditions on the burning properties of wood cribs was studied.