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Effect of Rack Compartment using Barriers on Reducing the Fire Spread

차단막에 의한 랙크 구획화가 화재확산 저감에 미치는 영향

  • Cho, Gyu-Hwan (Korea Institute of Civil Engineering and Building Technology, Fire Research Institute) ;
  • Yeo, In-Hwan (Korea Institute of Civil Engineering and Building Technology, Fire Research Institute)
  • 조규환 (한국건설기술연구원 화재안전연구소) ;
  • 여인환 (한국건설기술연구원 화재안전연구소)
  • Received : 2018.01.11
  • Accepted : 2018.01.30
  • Published : 2018.02.28
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Abstract

A barrier installed within a rack plays a significant role in delaying the initial spread of fire but it can be an obstacle to a ceiling-type sprinkler installed for extinguishing fires and for supplying fire extinguishing water. An in-rack sprinkler and a barrier can be applied at the same time, but a study on a barrier's ability to delay fire spread or its effect on the in-rack sprinkler is needed. Accordingly, this study examined the effect of a barrier on the delay of fire spread and the in-rack sprinkler according to installation conditions through the reduced scale fire test. As a result, the delay in fire spread increased more than four times when a horizontal barrier and a vertical barrier were installed at the same time. The temperature was also increased two to three times with the compartment, resulting in the early operation of the in-rack sprinkler.

랙크 내 설치되는 차단막은 초기 화재확산을 지연시키는데 큰 역할을 담당하고 있으나 소화를 목적으로 설치되는 천장형 스프링클러의 입장에서는 소화수의 원활한 공급에 장애물로서 비춰질 수도 있다. 이에 In-Rack 스프링클러와 차단막을 동시에 적용하는 방법 등이 제시되고 있으나 차단막의 설치조건에 따른 화재확산 지연성능 및 In-Rack 스프링클러에 미치는 영향 등에 관한 연구는 부족한 실정이다. 이에 본 연구에서는 축소모델 화재실험을 통해 차단막의 설치조건에 따른 화재확산 지연성능과 In-Rack 스프링클러에 미치는 영향 등을 분석하였다. 그 결과, 랙크 내에 수평과 수직 차단막을 동시에 설치한 경우, 4배 이상의 화재확산 지연성능이 발휘되는 것을 확인하였으며, 구획화로 인한 구획 내 온도 상승 또한 약 2~3배 가량 높은 것으로 나타나 In-Rack 스프링클러가 조기에 작동될 수 있도록 유도하는 긍정적인 효과 또한 존재하는 것으로 나타났다.

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