TOWARDS DEVELOPMENT OF A SPATIALLY-RESOLVED SPRAY SCANNING SYSTEM

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dc.contributor.advisorMarshall, Andre Wen_US
dc.contributor.authorJordan, Stephen Jamesen_US
dc.contributor.departmentFire Protection Engineeringen_US
dc.contributor.publisherDigital Repository at the University of Marylanden_US
dc.contributor.publisherUniversity of Maryland (College Park, Md.)en_US
dc.date.accessioned2017-06-22T06:02:17Z
dc.date.available2017-06-22T06:02:17Z
dc.date.issued2017en_US
dc.description.abstractFire sprinkler manufacturers have developed a plethora of application specific sprinkler designs. Advances in product development practices, performance based design, and fire suppression research have increased stakeholder interest in quantifying the spray produced by these devices. A Spatially-resolved Spray Scanning System (4S) has been developed to capture the complete patio-stochastic nature of the droplets, which form sprinkler dependent spray patterns, at their point of origin. The 4S synthesizes spray measurements, transport analysis, and statistical representation frameworks providing high-fidelity spray characteristics suitable for evaluating both fire sprinkler and fire protection system performance. Terabyte scale data densities of 4S measurements present remarkable challenges with regard to data management, test repeatability, and test timing. These challenges are addressed through integration of automation, flow control, data acquisition and data analysis systems. Spatially-resolved sprinkler spray measurements are presented providing insight into the sprinkler spray patterns and their connection with deflector geometry, dispersion modeling, research and development.en_US
dc.identifierhttps://doi.org/10.13016/M24S16
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1903/19390
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.subject.pqcontrolledEngineeringen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledfire protectionen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledspray measurementen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledsprinklersen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledsuppressionen_US
dc.titleTOWARDS DEVELOPMENT OF A SPATIALLY-RESOLVED SPRAY SCANNING SYSTEMen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US

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