@Article{hmt.8.17,
AUTHOR = {Hui Zhong, Guohua Chen
, Saihua Jiang},
TITLE = {EXPERIMENTAL STUDY ON WATER CURTAIN FIGHTING FIRE  BASED ON INFRARED TECHNIQUE},
JOURNAL = {Frontiers in Heat and Mass Transfer},
VOLUME = {8},
YEAR = {2017},
NUMBER = {1},
PAGES = {1--5},
URL = {http://www.techscience.com/fhmt/v8n1/53536},
ISSN = {2151-8629},
ABSTRACT = {Infrared radiation is a type of electromagnetic radiation and invisible to human eyes. It is used widely in industrial, scientific, and medical 
applications. Pool fire is an emergent accident, which emits intense thermal radiation. In order to quantify the performance of water curtain fighting 
fire, a testing platform is built and experimental studies are carried out. An infrared imager is used to acquire real-time experimental data and respond 
to the variations of flame in time and space dimensions. Experimental principles and operating procedures are described in detail. The transmissivity 
is used to quantify the performance of water curtain fighting fire. Experimental results show that the flame presents obvious fluctuations during 
combustion. Analysis on the average value of transmissivity over time show that a water curtain with cone-shaped nozzles achieved higher 
performance of fighting fire than a water curtain with fan-shaped nozzles. The proposed method can be used to provide guidance on the development 
and design of water curtain fighting fire.},
DOI = {10.5098/hmt.8.17}
}