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http://dx.doi.org/10.7731/KIFSE.2015.29.1.060

A Study on the Precautions Effects of the Enclosure Integrity Test for the Gaseous Extinguishing Systems: Focusing on the Power Plant  

Kim, Young-Chul (Dept. of Energy Safety Engineering, Seoul National University of Science & Technology)
Jo, Il-Hyun (Dept. of Safety Engineering, Seoul National University of Science & Technology)
Lee, Su-Kyung (Dept. of Energy Safety Engineering, Seoul National University of Science & Technology)
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Fire Science and Engineering / v.29, no.1, 2015 , pp. 60-66 More about this Journal
Abstract
The present study was aimed to analyze enclosure integrity test, which is the performance experiment of soaking time, in a fire zone equipped with gaseous extinguishing system in an effort to find understand the effect of precaution factors upon the success of fire extinguishment. To achieve the goal of this study, it divided the fire zones of internal and external power plants into ones taking precaution measures and not taking them and then enclosure integrity test was given respectively. Therefore, this study examined the success rate if the test according to the presence and absence of the precaution measure and confirmed the failure factors, designed concentration soaking time and proportion of leakage area to total volume area by type of gaseous extinguishing system and rooms. Precaution measures were applied to the fire zones without them to confirm the increase of the success rate of enclosure integrity test. By doing so, it was found that reduced number of experiments caused by failure led to cost saving.
Keywords
Enclosure integrity test; Gaseous extinguishing system; Precautions;
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