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A Numerical Study on the Fire Suppression Characteristics of a Water Mist with Natural Wind in a Road Tunnel

도로터널에서 자연풍에 의한 미세물분무의 화재제어 특성에 관한 수치해석 연구

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Abstract

In this study, the fire suppression characteristics of a water mist with natural wind in a road tunnel were calculated using the FDS(Fire Dynamic Simulation) code. In addition, the cooling and the chemical kinetic effects of water vapor on fire extinction ere investigated in a counterflow non-premixed flame using a detailed chemistry. As a result, the behavior of fire plume and the spray characteristics of water mist are modified remarkably with the increasing of wind velocity. In the case which is not the external natural wind, small droplets are more efficient in fire suppression than large droplets. However, the large droplets show better results on the fire suppression than the small droplets with the increasing of wind velocity. It can be estimated that the natural wind disturb the penetration of water droplets into the flame region and decrease the effect of oxygen dilution. Finally, it can be identified that the fire into the natural wind can be suppressed with smaller amount of $H_2O$ by flame stretching effect in the flame region than one in an enclosure, and the chemical kinetic effects of $H_2O$ on fire extinction are not affected significantly the velocity of natural wind.

본 연구에서는 FDS 코드를 이용하여 외부 자연풍에 의한 터널 내의 미세물분무 소화특성을 검토하였으며, 상세반응이 고려된 1차원 대향류 비예혼합화염을 이용하여 화염내부에서 미세물분무의 냉각 및 화학반응효과에 의한 소화현상을 규명하였다. 연구결과로서, 외부 자연풍의 유속 증가에 따라 고온 연기층의 분포 및 분무 특성의 큰 변화가 발생됨을 확인하였다. 외부 자연풍이 없는 경우에는 분무입자 직경이 작을수록 소화성능이 좋지만, 풍속이 증가함에 따라 입자직경이 클수록 소화성능이 좋아짐을 알 수 있었다. 자연풍은 입자의 화염면 침투를 방해할 뿐 아니라. 충분한 산소의 공급으로 화제 억제를 방해할 것으로 예측된다. 또한 자연풍이 존재하는 조건의 화염은 화염 신장효과에 의해 밀폐된 공간에서의 화염 보다 작은 양의 $H_2O$침투에 의해서도 소화될 수 있으며, $H_2O$의 화학반응에 의한 소화효과는 외부 자연풍의 유속에 크게 영향을 받지 않음을 확인하였다.

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