EXPERIMENTAL SHIP FIRE MEASUREMENTS WITH SIMULATED RADIOACTIVE CARGO

Year
1998
Author(s)
J. A. Koski - Sandia National Laboratories
M. Arviso - Sandia National Laboratories, USA
J. G. Bobbe - Sandia National Laboratories
S. D. Wix - Sandia National Laboratories, USA
D. E. Beene Jr. - United States Coast Guard, Research and Development Center
J. K. Cole - Sandia National Laboratories, USA
G.F. Hohnstreiter - Sandia National Laboratories
M. P. Keane - U.S. Department of Energy
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Abstract
Results from a series of eight test fires ranging in size from 2.2 to 18.8 MW conducted aboard the Coast Guard fire test ship Mayo Lykes at Mobile, Alabama are presented and discussed. Tests aboard the break-bulk type cargo ship consisted of heptane spray fires simulating engine room and gally fires, wood crib fires simulating cargo hold fires, and pool fires staged for comparison to land-based regulatory fire results. Primary instrumentation for the tests consisted of two pipe calorimeters that simulated a typical package shape for radioactive materials packages.