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과학적 방법을 적용한 화재조사와 결함수 분석을 이용한 정온전선의 발화원인 추론

Fire Cause Reasoning of Self-regulating Heating Cable by a Fire Investigation Applying the Scientific Method and Fault Tree Analysis

  • 김두현 (충북대학교 안전공학과) ;
  • 이흥수 (한국화재보험협회 방재시험연구원)
  • Kim, Doo-Hyun (Department of Safety Engineering, Chungbuk National University) ;
  • Lee, Heung-Su (Fire Insurers Laboratories of Korea, Korean Fire Protection Association)
  • 투고 : 2016.07.06
  • 심사 : 2016.08.17
  • 발행 : 2016.08.31

초록

정온전선은 평형 도체 사이에 반도전성 폴리머를 연속 압출 방식으로 충전시킨 후 양 도체 사이에 전기를 흐르게 함으로써 고분자에 의한 전열을 이용한 전기 발열체이다. 정온전선은 가격이 저렴하고 시공이 편리하기 때문에 겨울철 수배관의 동파방지용 열선으로 주로 사용되고 있다. 하지만 이러한 유용함에도 불구하고 구조적인 문제로 인하여 두 평형 도체의 절연이 파괴되는 경우에는 화재로 이어질 수도 있는 위험성이 존재하고 있다. 본 논문은 정온전선에 의한 화재현장을 조사하여 원인을 도출하는 방식으로 직접적인 원인을 추론하고자 하였으며, 결함수 분석을 통해 근본적인 문제를 파악해 보고자 하였다. 실제 냉동창고 화재현장을 조사하여 정온전선에 의한 화재원인을 추론한 결과 전선 말단 절연처리 결함에 의한 절연파괴인 것으로 판단되었다. 향후 이 결과는 안전활동 및 유사 화재원인조사 시에도 활용될 수 있을 것이다

A self-regulating heating cable is an electrical heating element by flowing an electric current between parallel conductors filled with an extruded semi-conductive polymer. Self-regulating heating cables are used mainly for frost protection purposes because the construction is convenient and the price is low. On the other hand, structural problems with imperfections of the insulation can cause a fire despite their usefulness. This paper deduced a direct method to derive the cause by investigating the scene of a fire due to a self-regulating heating cable and analyzed the basic problem using fault tree analysis. In this paper, the actual fire scene was a cold storage warehouse, and fire investigation was conducted. After investigating the fire scene and fault tree analysis, the cause of the fire could be attributed to dielectric breakdown of the self-regulating heating cable. This paper could be utilized in the fire safety activities and similar fire investigations.

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