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http://dx.doi.org/10.7731/KIFSE.2018.32.1.066

Effect of Rack Compartment using Barriers on Reducing the Fire Spread  

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)
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Fire Science and Engineering / v.32, no.1, 2018 , pp. 66-75 More about this Journal
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.
Keywords
Rack; Barrier; In-Rack Sprinkler; Fire Spread; Reduced Scale Fire Test;
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