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

Technical Report ·
OSTI ID:6370962
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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
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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