Nothing solid yet on the hobby front. Maybe Lady Bug collecting? You could count them and then do an analysis of color versus size based on country of origin or something like that. :)
Craig L. Prahl, CET Fire Protection Group Lead CH2MHILL Lockwood Greene 1500 International Drive Spartanburg, SC 29303 Direct - 864.599.4102 Fax - 864.599.8439 CH2MHILL Extension 74102 [email protected] -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Brad Casterline Sent: Tuesday, March 11, 2014 11:00 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: occupancy classification vs occupancy hazard I am close to letting it go, but only because I have a spreadsheet (that only I could love ;) ) you have it too Roland- the one I sent you about a week after you said Let's take this off forum-- you know- the whole new can of curiosity you opened for me with your " a more meaningful reference for activation time is in regard to the same RHR point on the different fire curves" ? It was the key to defining Combustibility for myself, and the reason I am a totally scatter-brained, very very sick man today- thanks for that ;). Craig, having any luck on finding that hobby for me? > On Mar 11, 2014, at 9:38 AM, Roland Huggins <[email protected]> > wrote: > > We all love to define things in a quantified and fixed manner but if only it > where as simple as balancing the volume water discharged and the quantity of > fuel available. This is accurate in a very broad and general sense but the > devil is in the details. The PhD’s at NIST have been beating on this issue > for decades and we still don’t have the answer. > > > Roland Huggins, PE - VP Engineering > American Fire Sprinkler Assn. --- Fire Sprinklers Saves Lives > Dallas, TX > http://www.firesprinkler.org > > > > > >> On Mar 11, 2014, at 6:11 AM, Brad Casterline <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> I am hoping we can talk about something else soon. It is very well known how >> much heat it takes to vaporize how much water- when I wonder why .1 >> gpm/s.f., knowing the heat of combustion for the type of combustibles in LH >> & OH is 13,100 kJ/kg of O2 consumed, I get ~5 lbs/s.f. Hospitals are >> ~6lb/s.f., meaning, I presume, there is a dab of OHI in ther > > _______________________________________________ > Sprinklerforum mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.firesprinkler.org/listinfo.cgi/sprinklerforum-firesprinkler.org _______________________________________________ Sprinklerforum mailing list [email protected] http://lists.firesprinkler.org/listinfo.cgi/sprinklerforum-firesprinkler.org _______________________________________________ Sprinklerforum mailing list [email protected] http://lists.firesprinkler.org/listinfo.cgi/sprinklerforum-firesprinkler.org
