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A Review of the Criteria for People Exposure to Radiant Heat Flux from Fires by Phani K. Raj is a Environmental Science article available to read on EtoBox.
What is A Review of the Criteria for People Exposure to Radiant Heat Flux from Fires about?
The NFPA 59A Standard and the Federal Regulation, 49 CFR Part 193, stipulate a level of 5 kW/m(2) as the criterion for determining the hazard distance to people exposure from a LNG fire. Another regulation (24CFR, Section 51.204) while stipulating a lower exposure limit of 1.42 kW/m(2) provides administrative relief from the regulation if mitigation measures are provided. Several countries in Europe and the Far East have adopted both a specified heat flux value (generally, 5 kW/m(2)) as well as modified dose criteria for human exposure hazard calculation in risk assessments. In some cases, the regulations in Europe require the use of lower values for children and physically challenged persons. This paper reviews the available literature on the phenomenon of skin burn caused by radiant heat exposure. The associated thermal and spectral properties of human skin are reviewed. The basis for regulatory setting, of 5 kW/m(2) and other exposure criteria (as a part of hazard and risk calculations) for evaluating distances to hazards from the exposure of people to radiant heat effects of large fires, is evaluated. An example calculation is provided to show the extent of reduction in the haz
Who reads A Review of the Criteria for People Exposure to Radiant Heat Flux from Fires?
It is typically read by researchers, students, and practitioners in Environmental Science.
- Author
- Phani K. Raj
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science; Elsevier ; Elsevier BV (ISSN 0304-3894)
- Published
- 2008
- Language
- EN
- Field
- Environmental Science (Physical Sciences)