Fire Science and Engineering (한국화재소방학회논문지)

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Measurement of the Device Properties of Photoelectric Smoke Detector for the Fire Modeling

화재모델링을 위한 광전식 연기감지기의 장치물성 측정

  • Cho, Jae-Ho (Department of Fire & Disaster Prevention, Daejeon University) ;
  • Mun, Sun-Yeo (Department of Fire & Disaster Prevention, Daejeon University) ;
  • Hwang, Cheol-Hong (Department of Fire & Disaster Prevention, Daejeon University) ;
  • Nam, Dong-Gun (Korea Institute of Fire Industry & Technology)
  • Received : 2014.11.27
  • Accepted : 2014.12.12
  • Published : 2014.12.31
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Abstract

The high predictive performance of fire detector models is essentially required for the reliable design of evacuation safety using the fire modeling. The main objective of the present study is to measure input information in order to predict the accurate activation time of photoelectric smoke detector adopted in fire dynamics simulator (FDS) recognized a representative fire model. To end this, the fire detector evaluator (FDE) which could be measured the device properties of detector was used, and the input information of Heskestad and Cleary's models was obtained for a spot-type photoelectric smoke detector. In addition, the activation times of smoke detector predicted using default values into FDS and measured values in the present study were quantitatively compared. As a result, the Heskestad model could result in an inaccurate the activation time of photoelectric smoke detector compared to the Cleary model. In addition, there was a distinct difference between the default values used into FDS and the measured values in terms of device properties of smoke detector, and thus the activation time also showed a significant difference.

화재모델링 결과를 이용한 신뢰성이 확보된 피난안전설계를 위해서는 화재감지기 모델들의 높은 예측성능이 필수적으로 요구된다. 본 연구의 목적은 대표적인 화재모델인 FDS에 적용된 광전식 연기감지기의 정확한 작동 개시시간을 예측하기 위한 입력정보를 측정하는 것이다. 이를 위해 화재감지기의 장치특성을 측정할 수 있는 fire detector evaluator(FDE)가 사용되었으며, 스포트형 광전식 연기감지기에 대한 Heskestad 및 Cleary 모델의 입력정보가 얻어졌다. 또한 일반적으로 사용되는 FDS의 기본 값과 측정된 값이 적용된 연기감지기의 작동 개시시간을 정량적으로 비교하였다. 주요 결과로써, Heskestad 모델은 Cleary 모델에 비해 광전식 연기감지기의 작동 개시시간 예측에 부정확한 결과를 초래할 수 있다. 또한 본 연구에서 검토된 광전식 연기감지기의 장치물성은 FDS에 적용된 기본 값과 매우 명확한 차이를 가지며, 장치물성의 변화에 따라 연기감지기 작동 개시시간 또한 매우 큰 차이가 보였다.

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