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    Heat &

    Fire Behavior

    Understanding Heat, Fire Dynamics and its Dangers


    Heat

    • Energy in transit
    • It always flows from a substance at a higher
    temperature to the substance at a lower temperature,
    raising the temperature of the latter and lowering that
    of the former substance, provided the volume of the
    bodies remains constant.
    • It does not flow from a lower to a higher temperature
    unless another form of energy transfer, work, is also
    present.
    …heat
    Temperature
    • The measure of the degree of thermal agitation of
    molecules.
    • The hotness or coldness of something.
    Thermometer
    • Instrument used to measure temperatures which can be
    commonly expressed in degrees Celsius (Centigrade), F
    (Fahrenheit) and K (Kelvin or Absolute).
    Temperature Scales
    1. Celsius / Centigrade
    • It is widely used throughout the world, particularly for
    scientific work, although it was superseded officially in 1950
    by the international temperature scale.
    • Water has a freezing point of 0º Celsius and a boiling point of
    100 degree Celsius.
    2. Fahrenheit
    • Used in the English-speaking countries for purposes other than
    scientific work and based on the mercury thermometer.
    • The freezing point of water is defined as 32º F and the boiling
    point as 212 º F.
    Temperature Scales
    3.Kelvin or Absolute
    • The most commonly used thermodynamic temperature scale.
    • Zero is defined as the absolute zero of temperature, that is, -
    273.15 º C, or -459.67 º F.
    4. Rankine
    • Another scale employing absolute zero as its lowest point.
    • Each degree of temperature is equivalent to one degree on
    the Fahrenheit scale.
    • The freezing point of water is 492 º R, and the boiling point is
    672 º R.
    Temperature Scales
    5. International Temperature Scale
    • In 1933, scientists of 31 nations adopted a new
    international temperature scale with additional fixed
    temperature points, based on the Kelvin scale and
    thermodynamics principles.
    Heat transfer
    • In physics, heat transfer is the travel of energy from one
    part of a substance to another or from one body to
    another by virtue of the difference in temperature.
    • The physical methods by which energy in the form of
    heat can be transferred between bodies.
    • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Me60Ti0E_rY
    Heat transfer
    1.Conduction - requires physical contact between the
    bodies or portions of bodies exchanging heat.
    2.Radiation does not require contact or the presence of
    any matter between the bodies.
    3.Convection- It involves the motion of matter. It occurs
    when a liquid or gas is in contact with a solid body at a
    different temperature and is always accompanied by the
    motion of the liquid or gas.
    4.Flame Contact- Heat maybe conducted from one body
    to another by direct flame contact. Fire spreads along or
    through burning material by flame contact.
    • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nkAIIs6N2T0&list=PPSV
    Fire Behavior

    refers to how fire moves, reacts, and changes


    under different conditions.

    an essential thing to understand when


    investigating fire cause and also for fire
    extinguishment efforts
    Fire Behavior
    Thermal Balance - rising movement or
    pattern of the fire; the normal behavior when
    the fire is undisturbed.
    Thermal Imbalance - abnormal movement
    of fire due to interference of foreign matter.
    Thermal imbalance often confuses the fire
    investigator in determining the exact point
    where the fire originated..
    Fire Behavior
    Latent Heat - The quantity of heat absorbed
    by a substance from a solid to a liquid, and
    from a liquid to gas. Conversely, heat is
    released during conversion of a gas to liquid
    or liquid heat
    Specific to a solid.
    The heat capacity or the measure of the amount of
    heat required to raise the temperature of a unit
    mass of a substance one degree.
    • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JdEI7g2i1ZU
    • Demo-backdraft, rollover
    To-do
    • Look up backdraft, flash fire, rollover, biteback and flashover on
    YouTube.

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