在ASHRAE和加拿大国家研究委员会（RP-1108）联合开展的一个研究项目中，对安装在空气处理增压室内的通信电缆引起的火灾的影响进行了调查。该项目包括在北美办公楼进行调查，以确定回风静压箱中电缆的类型和数量，以及可能点燃电缆的火灾场景。它还包括三个级别的火灾测试:小型、中型和全尺寸。使用锥形量热计进行了台架试验。此外，使用改进的标准房间火灾试验设施进行了中规模试验。在该设施中进行的测试用于确定通信电缆暴露在加热至200℃、325℃和450℃的空气中以及直接火焰冲击下的行为。最后，进行了一系列全尺寸火灾试验- 为该项目专门设置的规模化设施。该设施中的测试用于确定增压室中通信电缆的性能，在增压室下方的隔间中火灾充分发展。在本文中，试验数据用于调查阻燃空间电缆火灾对通过建筑暖通空调系统分布的烟雾污染隔间内建筑居住者的潜在影响。单元:干燥:研讨会论文，加利福尼亚州阿纳海姆，2004年

In a joint research project involving ASHRAE and the National Research Council Canada (RP-1108), the effect of fires involving communication cable installed in air-handling plenums was investigated. The project included surveys in North American office buildings to determine the type and quantities of cable in return air plenums and fire scenarios that could potentially ignite the cables. It also included fire tests performed at three scales: small, medium, and full. The bench-scale tests were conducted using a cone calorimeter. In addition, medium-scale tests were conducted using a modified standard room fire test facility. Tests conducted in this facility were used to determine the behavior of communications cable with exposure to air heated to 200°C, 325°C, and 450°C, as well as direct flame impingement. Finally, a series of full-scale fire tests were conducted in a full-scale facility set up specifically for this project. Tests in this facility were used to determine the behavior of communication cables in plenums with fully developed fires in the compartment below the plenum. In this paper, data from the tests are used to investigate the potential effect of fires involving cables in plenum spaces on the hazard to building occupants in compartments contaminated by smoke distributed through a building HVAC system.Units: SI