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Effectiveness of Friction Loss Calculation Used for Water Mist Fire Extinguishing System on Marine Vessels

Lee Kyung-Woo (Technical Staff. Machinery Team. Korean Register of Shipping)
Kim You-Taek (Department of Marine System Engineering, Korea Maritime University)
Lee Young-Ho (Division of Mechanical & Information Engineering, Korea Maritime University)
Kim Mann-Eung (General Manager, Materials & Equipment Team. Korean Register of Shipping)

Publication Information

Journal of Advanced Marine Engineering and Technology / v.29, no.1, 2005 , pp. 86-97 More about this Journal

Abstract

Nowadays, Water Mist Fire Extinguishing System is increasingly used in maritime field for various application. The fire extinguishing capability of the system should be verified by hydraulic calculation in the same manner as the conventional water based fire extinguishing system such as sprinkler system. water spray system and etc. Additionally, the review of effectiveness of friction loss calculation method used for hydraulic calculation is needed because the pipe flow characteristic of its piping system has higher Reynolds number than that of the conventional system. In this paper the review work was carried out based on the NFPA Code 750.

Keywords

Water mist fire extinguishing system; Friction loss calculation; Pipe network analysis;

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