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bigpub  
#1 Posted : 22 September 2018 18:28:32(UTC)
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bigpub

I have been reading a few documents relating to fire and i am wondering how do you obtain the data on the energy released by furnishings within a building to enable you to correctly dtermine the fire risks and loading of a building? Is it BS or similar? And whilst i am at it does anybody have a copy of a fire load spreadsheet i can have
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Ian Bell2  
#2 Posted : 22 September 2018 23:28:20(UTC)
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Ian Bell2

Try Wikipedia for a starter

Wood has a heat output of about 10.4MJ/kg when buned at 70% efficiency

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wood_fuel

You would need to complete a heat mass balance calculation
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