• Journal of ILASS-Korea
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• v.11 no.4
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• pp.199-204
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• 2006

Numerical investigation has been performed to simulate the spray characteristics in mist-spray fire suppression nozzles in sense of design parameters. Two key shape factors in nozzle orifices. i.e. diameter and length are chosen as simulation parameters. Commercial softwares, FLUENT and FDS with the proper modelings were applied as numerical tools. Main performances of nozzles, i.e., K-factors, spray angles, droplet size, jet velocities and fire suppression time are analyzed for each parameter to find optimal design conditions.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Marine Engineers Conference
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• 2005.11a
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• pp.132-133
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• 2005

A study to evaluate the fire extinguishing performance of the water mist system inside simulated machinery spaces according to IMO MSC/Circ.668 was performed. Fire tests were conducted inside a compartment having a area 100$m^2$(10m${\times}$10m) with a ceiling height of 10m and door opening of 2m${\times}$2m in size. Test fuels were used heptane, diesel, wood crib and mineral oil. Water mist nozzles were installed downward at ceiling and horizontally at bilge area. All fires in the test were extinguished within 15minutes of system activation and there was no reignition or fire spread.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Marine Engineers Conference
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• 2005.11a
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• pp.118-119
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• 2005

Recently, fire extinguishing systems based on water mists have been attracting public attentions in marine engineering. Performance of the fire extinguishing systems is influenced by the size and distribution of spayed water mists. Droplet analyzing method based on image processing technique for measuring droplet size and distribution has been developed. The morphological method based on partial curvature information of pre-processed images was adopted for recognition and separation of overlapped particles. Tested results show that the present method may be reliable for the analysis of the size and distribution of droplets produced by water mist spay flow.

• Journal of computational fluids engineering
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• v.11 no.4 s.35
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• pp.56-61
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• 2006

Numerical simulation has been performed to investigate the characteristics of the mist flow through the fire suppression nozzles. The commercial CFD software, FLUENT with the proper modeling was applied for analyzing both the internal and external flow of the spray nozzles. Computations were made for the full cone nozzle in the operation range of the low pressure and high flow-rate. To validate the present computational procedure, numerical results are compared with measurements in terms of K-factor, SMD, axial spray velocity and spray angles. Numerical results suggested that the present numerical model can be used as an adequate tool for a design purpose of mist-spray nozzles.

• Journal of Advanced Marine Engineering and Technology
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• v.31 no.1
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• pp.67-73
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• 2007

Recently, fire extinguishing systems based on water mists have been attracting public attentions in marine engineering. Performance of fire extinguishing systems is very strongly influenced by the size and distribution of spayed water mists. Therefore, the present study has developed droplet analyzing method based on image processing. The morphological technique based on partial curvature information of pre-processed images with relaxation method was adopted for recognition and separation of overlapped particles. Tested results showed that the present method may be reliable for the analysis of the size and distribution of droplets in spray flow of fire extinguishing systems based water mists.

• 한국전산유체공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 2008.03b
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• pp.296-299
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• 2008

In the present research, the exclusive analysis system based on the CFD method were suggested to predict the fire-suppression performance of water mist fire-suppression equipments for design applications. The computing scope is ranged from starting pump to fire-suppression equipments, composed of three parts that calculation of flow rate and pressure distribution at each nozzle, examining of spray performance and predicting of fire-suppression performance in the fire space. Application were done to the fire-suppression system for electric power generation plants. The results were analyzed by comparison between numerical results and initial design conditions in terms of thermal and fluid mechanics.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Marine Engineers Conference
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• 2005.06a
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• pp.534-539
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• 2005

Particle image analyzer for measuring droplet size has been developed. Image processing technique was used with relaxation method. The morphological method based on partial curvature information of pre-processed images was adopted for recognition and separation of overlapped particles. The measurement results show that the present method may be reliable for the analysis of the size and distribution of droplets produced by water mist spay flow.

• Proceedings of the Korea Institute of Fire Science and Engineering Conference
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• 2011.11a
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• pp.67-70
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• 2011

현재 사용되는 대부분의 소방차량은 일반 원심펌프로 보편화된 방수 소화작전이 가능하나 오늘날 첨단화 되어 가는 구조물과 다양한 시설구조의 인프라에 따른 적응에는 한계가 있으며 이러한 현재의 다양한 화재 형태와 양상에 능동적으로 대처하며 효율적인 소방활동을 위하여 전천후 출동과 소규모 인력으로 효과적인 소화활동을 할 수 있도록 차량의 구조 개선과 새로운 유 무선포방수총시스템의 도입과 흠로 및 빙판길 혹은 협소한 출동로도 원활하게 효과적으로 대처할 수 있도록 괘도바퀴와 높은 흡상 및 미분무수 소화시스템을 장착한 미래형 소방차량을 연구 개발하고자 한다.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Safety
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• v.20 no.3 s.71
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• pp.105-111
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• 2005

An experimental study is performed for extinguishing of n-heptane pool fire by water mist containing potassium acetate as a fire suppression additive. Water mist was generated by a single pressure nozzle in a small-scale chamber. The drop size distribution of water mist was measured using laser diffraction(Malvern particle sizer). The flame temperature, oxygen concentration and carbon monoxide concentration were measured. In case of using additives, the fire extinguishing time was shorter than that of pure water at a given discharge pressure and it was because the momentum of a water droplet containing additives was increased. And also dissociated metal atoms, potassium, were reacted as a scavenger of the major radical species OH, H which were generated for combustion process. Moreover, at a high pressure of 4MPa, the fire was extinguished through blowing effect as well as primary extinguishing mechanisms.

• Proceedings of the Korea Institute of Fire Science and Engineering Conference
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• 2010.10a
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• pp.163-166
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• 2010

여객선 선실 등 선박 거주구역에 사용되는 노즐의 열응답 특성에 관한 실험적 연구를 수행하였다. IMO(국제해사기구)의 수계소화설비 성능평가 기준에 따르면 구주구역에 설치되는 소화시스템의 노즐은 조기 반응 응답 특성을 확보하여야 한다. 본 연구에서는 glass bulb의 선정과 풍동실험을 통해 반응 응답 값을 측정하였으며, 노즐 헤드 형상의 개선을 통해 IMO 기준이 요구하는 RTI(반응시간지수) < $50ms^{1/2}$의 조건을 만족하는 노즐 헤드를 개발하였다.