The vulnerability of electrical cables exposed to a fire environment is of particular concern to the nuclear power plant community. The community is interested in data that could be used for predicting cable failures during a fire situation. For this reason, a cable test program was conducted using two different types of cable insulation. Several different exposure heat fluxes were tested, as well as different test arrangements such as cable trays and conduits. The program revealed that a single failure temperature for all cable types is not recommended, but if it is necessary a reasonable temperature could be chosen for the thermosets tested in this project.

Creator

• Murphy, Jill E.

Contributors

• Barnett, Jonathan R.

Degree

• MS

Unit

• Fire Protection Engineering

Publisher

• Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Language

• English

Identifier

• etd-0114104-132801

Keyword

• electric cables
• Fire
• nuclear power plant

Advisor

• Barnett, Jonathan R.

Defense date

• 2004-01-13

Year

• 2004

Date created

• 2004-01-14

Resource type

• Thesis

Rights statement

• In Copyright

Last modified

• 2020-12-10