A serie of ten full scale fire scenerios has been analysed in a compartment with and without residentiual sprinkler. The production of carbon monoxide, carbon dioxide and oxygen was measered in two different heights in the compartment during the tests. (Swedish)

A waterflow measurement device has been developed with which it will be possible to simultaeously study both amount of water applied and its effect temperature, during firefighting in an firetraining house. Major part of the applied water is used to cool the surface of the non-flaming fuel. Short showers with the nozzle does not seem to be as effective as the longer showers, regarding both time to

The aim of this project was to develop a model that can be used during fire inspections to measure the quality of the fire safety in a building. The model was created by using method for Multiple Attribute Decision Making (MADM). Ten factors were identified, each of them contributing to the total fire safety in a building. Each factor was given a weight to specifiy its importance to the fire safet

This report performs a risk analysis of AB Elektrokoppar in Helsingborg with consequence analysis of a few hazards. Theoretical background about risk analysis is given by IEC standards.

The purpose of this report is to evaluate spontaneous combustion of two vegetable binders, linseed oil and tung oil. Binders with driers are common in sheet-fed offset inks. The methods used are literature research and experimental studies. The experimental study is divided in two parts, experiments in a preheated cupeling furnace, and experiments with differential scanning calorimetry-apparatus.

This report is a risk analysis of the harbour area in Trelleborg, Sweden. The purpose is to provide basic data for decision- making concerning the harbour neighbourhood. The conclusions are based on calculations and computer simulations concerning the chemical spread in case of an incident.

The report presents a quantitative riskanalysis of historical wooden buildings in Kungsbacka, Sweden. The risk is shown as the expected cost per year for the insurance companies. Five firesafety strategies are analysed using the same method. These are systematic firesafety work, systematic firesafety work with education of the occupants in the buildings, smokedetectors and fireextinguisher, automa

This report is a risk analysis of Svenska lantmännen in Helsingborg, Sweden. In the analysis probabilities is appraised with event trees and consequences is described in economic terms. The report also contains a chapter in which suitable means to fight fires in silos is examined.

The objective of this work was to examine the evacuation process in a smokefilled environment. In a series of six experiments, eight subjects (in each experiment), were instructed to walk through a smoke filled room. The time and the smoke density were measured and the subjects comments were collected. Geometry, lighting and smoke density was varied during the experiments. The smoke was of a non-i

The report puts together existing experiences about residential sprinkler on issues as its ability to save lives in a fire, its reliability in activation and reasons for failure of fulfilling these tasks. The project also conducts a series of tests with activation of sprinkler in a room with a fire in order to record and evaluate the environment in the room after the sprinkler activated and compar

This report contains an analysis of the work conducted by the Swedish local authorities regarding the prevention of wild land fires. The results shows that information and prohibiting of lighting fires outdoor are effective methods to reduce the number of wild land fires provided that the guide lines issued from the Swedish Rescue Services Agency (SRV) are followed. Furthermore, the web applicatio

CFD-modelling of fire scenarios inside reactor containment of Reactor 1, Ringhals nuclear power plant. Evacuation exercise from the containment, and evacuation simulation whit the program Simulex were made for comparing of results concerning time to critical conditions and evacuation time.

The question to be dealt with in this study is to what extent the emergence of a distinct Taiwan identity has influenced people's self-perception, with respect to the profound economic and political changes in Taiwan since the 1980s, such as the lifting of martial law, democratisation and Taiwanisation (bentuhua). Assuming an existing interconnectedness between identity, politics, ethnicity an

Exportkreditnämnden är en statlig myndighet som existerat sedan 1933, med huvudsyfte att utfärda statliga säkerheter till att främja svensk export. Exportkreditnämnden väljer att kalla denna säkerhet för garanti. Emellertid har säkerheterna Exportkreditnämnden utfärdar typiska drag av både borgen och försäkring. Syftet med denna uppsats är att undersöka vilket av begreppen borgen, försäkring eller

Denna studie undersöker hur känsliga unga tjejer i åldrarna 13 och 15 år på en grundskola i Malmö är för ett subtilt stereotyphot i samband med ett mattetest. Den stereotyp som undersöktes var ”tjej = sämre på matte”. Killarna i de testade klasserna deltog också i undersökningen men det är mestadels tjejernas resultat som diskuteras i uppsatsen. Ett subtilt stereotyphot användes i form av att hälf

Att få barn betraktas som en stor omställning. Men när barnet kommer tidigare än beräknat, prematurt, kan det också betraktas som en kris. Studiens syfte var att fördjupa förståelsen för hur en grupp föräldrar hanterat att få ett barn fött före graviditetsvecka 33, under tiden barnet vistats på neonatalavdelning. Femton föräldrar berättade om sina upplevelser i en halvstrukturerad intervju. Interv

In 1991, Michael Porter put forth the hypothesis that properly designed environmental regulation can induce innovation that offset the costs of such regulation. Porter’s view has been as much welcomed by environmentalists as it has been contested by economists. The hypothesis raises the question if environmental regulation can be a determinant for innovation in general and green innovation in part

This study describes an aggregate relationship between exchange rate risk and foreign direct investments. The relationship is conducted by panel data estimations, with variables derived from the OLI-framework and prior research. Sample data consists of 36 countries for the time series 1991-2009. Estimations are controlled for country specific variations by using fixed effects, regional dummy varia