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http://dx.doi.org/10.5139/JKSAS.2012.40.8.718

A Study on the Performance Prediction of Fire Extinguish System in Aircraft Engine Bay  

Park, Young-Ha (경상대 항공특성화 대학원, KAI)
Kim, Hyung-Sik (경상대 항공특성화 대학원, KAI)
Kim, Jin-Han (한국항공우주연구원, 터보펌프개발그룹)
Cho, Soo-Yong (경상대 항공기부품기술연구센터)
Publication Information
Journal of the Korean Society for Aeronautical & Space Sciences / v.40, no.8, 2012 , pp. 718-725 More about this Journal
Abstract
Fuel or oil which is leaked into the aircraft engine bay can make a fire when it is contacted to the engine surface of hot temperature. In order to avoid fire, the fire extinguish system should be designed so that the extinguishing agent is quickly injected and its concentration keeps higher in the fire protection region. FAA requires that the extinguishing agent injected within the fire protection region should be sustained longer than 0.5 second on keeping a higher concentration than 6%. For developing a fire protection system satisfying the FAA regulation, numerical and experimental studies for the injection time and the concentration of the extinguishing agent were conducted. These results showed similar trend for the injection time or concentration, but the data acquisition was delayed due to the response of the sensors in the experiment.
Keywords
Fire Extinguish Systems; Fire Extinguishing Agent; Fire Protection; Engine Bay;
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