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http://dx.doi.org/10.7731/KIFSE.2019.33.6.053

Smoke Control Performance of a Serial Structure Using "CONTAM"  

Kim, Mi-Seon (A-ONE Fire Protection)
Seo, Dong-Gil (A-ONE Fire Protection)
Gu, Seon-Hwan (A-ONE Fire Protection)
Yoo, Young-Min (A-ONE Fire Protection)
Song, Young-Joo (Dept. of Fire Administration, Dongshin Univ)
Publication Information
Fire Science and Engineering / v.33, no.6, 2019 , pp. 53-62 More about this Journal
Abstract
A recent trend shows that more buildings are being constructed as mixed-use (residential and commercial) properties for efficient land use. This has led to an increased frequency in the occurrence of fires and the associated potential risks. In particular, in case of high-rise apartments, at least one of the elevators in each building is installed for evacuation purposes separately from the emergency elevator; therefore, for a combined ancillary room and emergency elevator platform situation, the structure is inevitably in series with the evacuation elevator platform. Thus, a proposal for a new type of ventilation zone based on existing national fire safety codes is required to achieve smoke control performance. To this end, the air egress velocity and differential pressure of each ventilation zone are checked using the "CONTAM" software; further, an alternative is proposed to secure smoke control performance for series structures.
Keywords
CONTAM; Serial structure; Air egress velocity; Differential pressure;
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