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29、Association are registered trademarks of the National Fire Protection Association, Quincy, Massachusetts 02169. Copyright 2016 National Fire Protection Association . All Rights Reserved. NFPA 555 Guide on Methods for Evaluating Potential for Room Flashover 2017 Edition This edition of NFPA 555, Guid

30、e on Methods for Evaluating Potential for Room Flashover, was prepared by the Technical Committee on Hazard and Risk of Contents and Furnishings. It was issued by the Standards Council on May 13, 2016, with an effective date of June 2, 2016, and supersedes all previous editions. This edition of NFPA

31、 555 was approved as an American National Standard on June 2, 2016. Origin and Development of NFPA 555 This guide was the rst document prepared by the Technical Committee on Hazard and Risk of Contents and Furnishings. The 1996 edition was the rst edition, developed in recognition that life safety a

32、nd property protection can be enhanced by preventing the occurrence of ashover or, at least, by decreasing its probability. The 2000 edition represented a reconrmation of the 1996 edition. The 2009 edition contained a small addition to Chapter 9 for individual fuel packages, along with minor revisio

33、ns throughout the document. Annex B was completely revised to provide more up-to- date information on room re models. The 2013 edition added references in Chapter 9 to NFPA 289, Standard Method of Fire Test for Individual Fuel Packages, and to NFPA 556, Guide on Methods for Evaluating Fire Hazard to

34、 Occupants of Passenger Road Vehicles, for use in estimating heat release rates. The 2017 edition adds new language to Chapter 9 regarding the heat release rates of electrical and optical ber cables, which were obtained from vertical cable tray tests and cone calorimeter test methods. Additional lan

35、guage in Chapter 9 references new studies on determining the typical heat release curve for residential res.METHODS FOR EVALUATING POTENTIAL FOR ROOM FLASHOVER 555-2 2017 Edition Technical Committee on Hazard and Risk of Contents and Furnishings Steven D. Wolin, Chair Reliable Automatic Sprinkler Co

36、mpany, Inc., SC M Farid Alfawakhiri, American Iron and Steel Institute, IL M Craig L. Beyler, JENSEN HUGHES, MD SE David A. Boverman, NSW Rural Fire Service, Australia E Elizabeth C. Buc, Fire & Materials Research Laboratory, LLC, MI RT David G. Bueche, Hoover Treated Wood Products, CO M Michael T.

37、Burr, Safety Engineering Laboratories, Inc., MI RT Marcos Chaos, FM Global, MA I Cam Cope, Auto Fire and Safety Consultants, TX SE Alberto Cusimano, ALSTOM Power Inc., Switzerland M Gordon H. Damant, Inter-City Testing & Consulting Corp. of California, CA SE Jason Daniels, Code Consultants, Inc., MO

38、 SE Marcelo M. Hirschler, GBH International, CA SE Xianxu Hu, Insurance Services Ofce, Inc., NJ I William E. Koffel, Koffel Associates, Inc., MD SE Sergei V. Levchik, Israel Chemicals Ltd. (ICL-IP), NY M Richard T. Long, Jr., Exponent, Inc., MD M Rep. Upholstered Furniture Action Council Jeffrey San

39、trock, General Motors Company, MI M Rep. Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers Dwayne E. Sloan, UL LLC, NC RT Peter J. Willse, Global Asset Protection Services, CT I Alternates Erik H. Anderson, Koffel Associates, Inc., MD SE (Alt. to William E. Koffel) Richard J. Davis, FM Global, MA I (Alt. to Marc

40、os Chaos) Timothy Earl, GBH International, MI SE (Alt. to Marcelo M. Hirschler) William Randall Edwards, Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers, MI M (Alt. to Jeffrey Santrock) John A. Frank, Global Asset Protection Services, GA I (Alt. to Peter J. Willse) Nestor R. Iwankiw, JENSEN HUGHES, IL SE (Alt.

41、 to Craig L. Beyler) Randall K. Laymon, UL LLC, IL RT (Alt. to Dwayne E. Sloan) Jerry W. Wallace, Safety Engineering Laboratories, Inc., MI RT (Alt. to Michael T. Burr) Shaohua Xia, Fire & Rescue New South Wales, NSW E (Alt. to David A. Boverman) Kristin Bigda, NFPA Staff Liaison This list represent

42、s the membership at the time the Committee was balloted on the nal text of this edition. Since that time, changes in the membership may have occurred. A key to classications is found at the back of the document. NOTE: Membership on a committee shall not in and of itself constitute an endorsement of

43、the Association or any document developed by the committee on which the member serves. Committee Scope: This Committee shall have primary responsibility for documents on re hazard calculation procedures for use by other Committees in writing provisions to control the re hazards of contents and furni

44、shings. This Committee shall also provide guidance and recommendations to Committees in assessing the re hazard of contents and furnishings. It shall establish classication and rating systems, request the development and standardization of appropriate re tests, and identify and encourage necessary r

45、esearch as it relates to the re hazards of contents and furnishings. It shall act in a liaison capacity between NFPA and the committees of other organizations with respect to the hazard of contents and furnishings.CONTENTS 555-3 2017 Edition Contents Chapter 1 Administration 555 4 1.1 Scope. . 555 4

46、 1.2 Purpose. . 555 4 Chapter 2 Referenced Publications 555 4 2.1 General. 555 4 2.2 NFPA Publications. 555 4 2.3 Other Publications. . 555 5 2.4 References for Extracts in Advisory Sections. . 555 7 Chapter 3 Denitions . 555 7 3.1 General. 555 7 3.2 NFPA Ofcial Denitions. 555 7 3.3 General Denition

47、s. 555 7 Chapter 4 Instructions for Use of This Guide . 555 7 4.1 Procedures. 555 7 4.2 Illustration of Use. . 555 7 4.3 Analyses. . 555 8 4.4 Means of Fire Control. 555 8 4.5 Conditions for Further Analyses. 555 8 4.6 Fuel Packages. 555 8 4.7 Flashover-Potential Analysis. . 555 8 4.8 Applications i

48、n Codes. 555 8 Chapter 5 Automatic Suppression Systems 555 8 5.1 General. 555 8 5.2 System Failure. . 555 8 5.3 Hazard Protection. 555 8 5.4 Evaluation Considerations for Automatic Suppression Systems. . 555 8 5.5 Design, Installation, and Maintenance. . 555 9 Chapter 6 Oxygen Availability and Venti

49、lation . 555 9 6.1 Considerations. 555 9 6.2 Oxygen Consumption. 555 9 6.3 Venting and Exhaust of Hot Smoke Layer. 555 10 Chapter 7 Predicting Flashover for Fire Hazard Calculations . 555 11 7.1 Background. . 555 11 7.2 Estimating Room Flashover Potential. . 555 11 Chapter 8 Fuel Package Denition . 555 11 8.1 Introduction. 555 11 8.2 Fuel Package. . 555 11 8.3 Dening Fuel Packages. 555 11 Chapter 9 Estimation Techniques for Heat Release Rate 555 12 9.