Backdraught Demo
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@britabf Fire in a room becomes a room on fire. My favourite explaination of flashover.
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@ffjsb thank you!
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@BREC07 Either is correct.
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now, I have a quiestion, wich is the correct term, backdraught or back draft? thanks!
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nice
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very nice..
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wow that was fucking amazing !!!!!
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@britabf thankyou for your comments, if you read the other 'older' posts you will see that I have been well and truly corrected... I have not seen a backdraught take up to a minute to 'explode', as the video did not show the opening of the door, and as you and many others had explained and as I have witnessed, a backdraught can occur when O2 is reintroduced to the smouldering fire quicker than that specific demonstration...
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That is a backdraft, which occurs when an oxygen starved compartment suddenly receives oxygen. The sudden rush of O2 mixes with the flammable gases causing an explosion.
A flashover on the other hand is easier to define as a fire in a room to a room on fire.
You wouldn't survive either of them but a backdraft is easier to avoid.
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@macwonga7 that is a backdraught
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It is actually a flashover not a backdraught, a flashover is the simultaneous ignition of all the combustible gases and materials in an enclosed area.
A backdraught is the reignition of an oxygen starved fire when oxygen is reintroduced to the high temperature gases completing the fire triangle of oxygen, heat and fuel..
macwonga7 4 years ago
I'm afraid it IS a backdraught. We were stood there for about twenty minutes while they got that fire up to a suitable temperature, then starved it of oxygen, then re-introduced it. What you see is the re-introduction. They run flashover demos as well, but this is not one of them. Cheers
mattmorrell36 4 years ago 9
Draught is pronounced draft. Drought is pronounced drout. Backdraught it is
mattmorrell36 4 years ago