Effect of pressure on leakage of automatic sprinklers. Report of Investigations/1993

Technical Report · Fri Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1993

OSTI ID:6370962

Ryan, M W; Smith, A C; Pro, R W; Lazzara, C P

In the report, the U.S. Bureau of Mines examined the ability of commercially available sprinklers to withstand the high static water pressures typical in deep underground coal mines. This work is part of a larger program to evaluate the effects of the underground mining environment on the performance of automatic sprinkler systems.

• Research Organization: Bureau of Mines, Pittsburgh, PA (United States). Pittsburgh Research Center
• OSTI ID: 6370962
• Report Number(s): PB-93-198224/XAB; BUMINES-RI-9451
• Resource Relation: Other Information: Library of Congress catalog card No. 92-28895
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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