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http://dx.doi.org/10.7731/KIFSE.2019.33.1.030

Geometric Effects of Compartment Opening on Fuel-Air Mixing and Backdraft Behavior  

Ha, Suim (Dept. of Safety Engineering. Pukyong National University)
Oh, Chang Bo (Dept. of Safety Engineering. Pukyong National University)
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Fire Science and Engineering / v.33, no.1, 2019 , pp. 30-38 More about this Journal
Abstract
Mixing characteristics and backdraft dynamics were investigated using large eddy simulation for compartments initially filled with methane fuel. Four different opening geometries, i.e. conventional door opening case (Door) and the cases where horizontal door was implemented on the upper ($Slot_U$), middle ($Slot_M$) and lower part ($Slot_L$) of side wall, were considered in the simulations. For cases without ignition, the amounts of inflow oxygen and outflow fuel from the compartment opening were, from largest to smallest, Door > $Slot_U$ ~ $Slot_M$ > $Slot_L$. However, the fuel and oxygen were the best mixed for the $Slot_U$ case while the fuel and oxygen were not well mixed and in relatively separated two layers for the $Slot_L$ case. The global equivalence ratio defined by the amounts of fuel and oxygen in the compartment was not correlated reasonably with the peak pressure of backdraft. The peak pressure during backdraft was the highest for the $Slot_U$ case, a well mixed condition of fuel and air, and backdraft was not found for the $Slot_L$ where the pressure rise was not so high due to the mixing status. The peak pressures for the Door and $Slot_M$ cases were in between Door and $Slot_L$ cases. The peak pressure during backdraft was well correlated with the total amount of heat release until the instance of backdraft occurrence.
Keywords
Backdraft; Fire dynamics simulator(FDS); Mixing characteristics; Opening geometry effects;
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