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Introducing Sprinkler Activation Time Calculator

Introduction In this post, I would like to introduce a program developed by Jim Burns, Fire Investigator at Regina Fire and Protective Service, Canada, to calculate sprinkler activation time. He is also a contributor at  kilolimacode.com, a professional community providing Canadian building and fire code information. Recently, I published a Python script to calculate the […]

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Fire Engineering

Python scripts for radiation calculations

Thermal radiation is a distinct mechanism of heat transfer that allows spatially separated objects at different temperatures to transfer heat.  Radiative Emissive Power According to the Stefan-Boltzmann equation, the total energy emitted by a body is proportional to T⁴, where T is the temperature in Kelvin. The total emissive power is expressed as: Where σ is […]