This course explores the theories and fundamental principles of why fire starts, spreads, and how to be controlled. To further improve qualitative understanding of combustion, fire and explosion; the attendances will gain the basics of the chemistry and physics of fire.
At the end of the course, the participants will be able to;
- Describe different types of fire, mechanisms of burning of different fuels and combustibles, flame spread in different media, burning and fire spread rates of different conditions.
- Examine the main characteristics of jet and buoyant flames and fire plumes and flows encountered in fire environment.
- Define different stages of heat transfer.
- Describe combustion process and heat release rates.
- Mechanics of fluids.
- Heat and heat flux.
- Heat transfer by conduction, convection and radiation.
- Combustion phenomena; ignition, flames, explosions and detonation.
- Fire plumes and buoyant flows.
- Burning of liquids and solids.
- Flame spread.
- Conducting experiments with different solids and analyzing the concentration of smoke.
- Engineers and Technicians in related disciplines.
- Firefighters.
5 Days
