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Evaluation of Floor Furnace in Fire-Damaged House

APTECH was retained to evaluate a gravity-type, gas-fired floor furnace in a fire-damaged house. We photographed the condition of the furnace and its piping and wiring as they were found in the crawlspace under the living room floor. The furnace then was removed and taken to our lab. Upon further examination, the furnace did not appear to have malfunctioned. Subsequently, the source of the fire was determined to have been a pile of newspapers and a couch that had been placed on the floor over the furnace's warm air register.

Satish Almaula		Plant failure and root cause analysis; process and design engineering analysis; process technology development and testing; plant engineering, operations, maintenance and safety management; plant and process control system management.

Richard Schreiber, P.E.		Machinery and mechanical device failure analysis, mechanical testing, combustion and heat transfer, industrial fires and explosions, gas appliances.

Kimble Clark, Ph.D.		Failure analysis, heat transfer & thermodynamics, process plant equipment failures & explosions, fuel science, combustion, industrial fires and explosions.