• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Industrial Safety Conference
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• 2002.05a
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• pp.227-230
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• 2002

환경문제를 야기하는 할론 소화설비의 사용이 금지되면서 대체소화설비로 관심을 끌며 연구되기 시작한 미세물분무 소화설비이다. 미세물분무는 고압에서 물을 방사하여 $Dv_{0.99}$가 1,000$\mu$m 미만의 물입자를 만들며 작은 물입자로 인해 표면적의 증가와 증발특성이 우수하고, 산소농도를 감소시키는 질식작용과 화염의 냉각작용에 의해 소화작용을 상승시킨다. 이러한 미세물분무의 소화작용에 대한 소규모 화재실험을 기반으로 유류화재의 진압$\cdot$소화특성에 대한 실용화를 위해 실제크기 화재실험을 하였다.(중략)

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Industrial Safety Conference
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• 2002.05a
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• pp.397-402
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• 2002

노즐을 통하여 미세한 물 입자를 뿜어내어 화재를 진압하는 방식은 1930년대부터 응용되어왔지만 하론이 소화 물질로서 개발되어 널리 사용됨에 따라 물분무에 대한 개발이 중단되었다. 그러나 몬트리올 환경회의에 의해 하론이 오존층 파괴 물질로 사용이 제한됨에 따라 대체 소화물질로서 1990년대에 미세 물분무에 대한 연구가 활발히 진행되기 시작하였으며 최근 IMO(세계 해사기구)에서는 2003년부터 건조되는 선박의 소화설비로서 물분무 노즐 사용을 의무화하기 시작했다.(중략)

• Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society
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• v.15 no.8
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• pp.4809-4814
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• 2014

The aim of the present study was to estimate the prediction performance of a FDS (Fire Dynamic Simulator) to simulate the fire behaviors and suppression characteristics by operating a water-mist. Rosin-Rammler/log-normal distribution function was used to determine the initial droplet distribution of water-mist and the effects of its model constant were considered. In addition, the simulation models were validated by a comparison of the predicted fire suppression characteristics with water-mist injection pressures to the previous experiments, and the thermal flow behaviors and gaseous concentration variations were analyzed. The results showed that water-mists with the same mean diameter were affected by the characteristics of the droplet size distribution, which have different size and velocity distributions at the downstream location. The fire simulations conducted in this study determine the initial droplet size distribution tuned to the base of the spray characteristics measured by previous experiments. The simulation results showed good agreement with the previous measurements for temperature variations and fire suppression characteristics. In addition, it was confirmed that the FDS simulation with a water-mist operation supplies useful details on estimations of the thermal flow fields and gaseous concentration under water mist operation conditions.

• Fire Science and Engineering
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• v.15 no.4
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• pp.41-48
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• 2001

Halogen-based fire suppressing agents have been the most effective fire suppressants and widely used for flammable liquid and electric fire. However they have environmental problems causing stratospheric ozone depletion and globe warming. As a substitution of halon, fire suppression system using fine water mist is one of an effective fire suppressant. Suffocating and cooling effects of water mist are increased by the evaporation characteristics because it has droplet size less than 1,000 $\mu{m}$ and very large surface area. In this study, the extinguishing characteristics of fire was measured with changing of water mist droplet size, flow density; discharge pressure, and fire size. As a result, the extinguishing time of pool fire was shortened with the increase of flow density and in case of low flow density less than 0.5$\pm$0.05 ml/$\textrm{cm}^2$ . min, the extinguishing time was shortened with the increase of droplet size. The cycling discharge was effective for $\eta$-heptane pool fire, and total amount of water mist required to extinguish fire was reduced to a quarter compare with continuous discharge.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Industrial Safety Conference
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• 2000.11a
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• pp.118-123
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• 2000

화재에 대한 소화방법으로서는 점화원의 냉각, 산화제 농도의 감소에 의한 화염의 질식 및 제거소화와 부촉매를 이용한 소화법이 있다. 이중 냉각소화방법은 주로 물을 사용하여 화재를 진압하고 있으나, 유류화재와 전기화재 등에서는 물보다 할론소화약제가 효과적으로 사용되어 왔다. 그러나 할론 등 CFC 계통의 소화약제는 환경오염물질을 내포하며, 지구온난화지수와 오존파괴지수 등이 높아 전세계적으로 그 사용이 중단되고 있다. 이에 대한 대체 기술의 하나로 최근에 관심이 고조되기 시작한 소화기술은 분무 노즐을 이용한 미세물분무(water mist) 소화설비이다.(중략)

• Fire Science and Engineering
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• v.16 no.1
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• pp.1-7
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• 2002

Halogen-based fire suppressing agents have environmental problems because they cause the stratospheric ozone depletion and globe warming. Hence, fire suppression system using fine water mist became the center of interest as a substitution of halon. As a study about this, it is in progress to make the optimum droplet size by using water mist nozzles and to improve the extinguishing performance of water mist by using additives. Before this study, the extinguishing time of ethanol and n-heptane pool fire was measured with changing of water mist droplet size, flow density, discharge pressure, and fire size. In this study, on adding the additives to improve physical and chemical extinguishing performance of water mist, the extinguishing performance would evaluate and the optimum condition would find out. As a result, in case of ethanol pan 1 pool fire, the extinguishing time of the water mist by adding of 2.5 wt% NaCl and 0.3% AFFF got shorter 27% and 60% than the pure water mist. Adding of AFFF was to decrease the flame temperature by forming thin film on the fuel surface and to decrease the evaporation of n-heptane fuel. In case of NaCl, alkali salt crystals showed on the flame surface.

• Fire Science and Engineering
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• v.34 no.4
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• pp.7-12
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• 2020

A numerical study was conducted to investigate the effects of the spray characteristics of water mist on the attenuation of thermal radiation. The attenuation process of the thermal radiation, generated from a hot surface panel, passing through the water mist was calculated via Fire Dynamics Simulator (FDS), and the effects of the flow rate, droplet mean diameter, and spray injecting angle of the water mist were analyzed. The results indicated that the increase in flowrate and decrease in droplet size led to an increase in the attenuation of thermal radiation. As the thermal radiation passed through the spray droplets, the effect of the spatial distribution of spray droplets was verified by calculating the thermal radiation attenuation at different spray injecting angles. The results indicated that the radiation attenuation increases as the spray angle increases. This implies that a wider distribution of spray droplets, irrespective of the droplet size and flowrate, increases the attenuation effect on thermal radiation.

• Proceedings of the Korea Institute of Fire Science and Engineering Conference
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• 2013.11a
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• pp.229-229
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• 2013

본 연구에서는 미세 물분무 노즐의 소화성능을 분석하기 위해 유량계수, 방사거리, 방사각도, 그리고 작동압력에 따라 분사되는 물입자 크기를 측정하였다. 이를 위해서 이중 구조의 미세 물분무 노즐 LPN-61과 LPN-63을 제작하였으며, 미분무 소화설비를 구성하여 이중구조 노즐의 형상에 따라서 유동특성을 정량화하였다. 그 결과 LPN-61은 유량계수 5.116, 방사각 $120^{\circ}{\sim}125^{\circ}$로 작동압력이 $4kgf/cm^2$에서 $10kgf/cm^2$까지 증가함에 따라서 SMD는 $127{\mu}m$정도에서 $88{\mu}m$까지 입자 크기가 감소하였으며, LPN-63은 유량계수 5.121, 방사각도 $120^{\circ}{\sim}125^{\circ}$로 동일한 작동압력 범위에서 SMD는 $108{\mu}m$에서 $80{\mu}m$까지 감소하는 것을 확인하였다.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Industrial Safety Conference
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• 2002.05a
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• pp.217-220
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• 2002

할론 등 CFC 계통의 소화약제는 환경오염물질을 내포하며, 지구온난화지수와 오존파괴지수 등이 높아 전세계적으로 그 사용이 중단되고 있다 또한, IMO의 SOLAS Chapter II-2에서는 소화설비에 대한 규정으로 할론소화장치의 새로운 설치를 금지하고 있으며, 2002년 7월 1일 이전에 건조된 2,000톤 이상의 현존 여객선은 기관실 전체를 방호하는 고정식 수계국소방출소화설비를 설치하여야 한다고 규정하고 있다. 이에 대체소화기술의 하나로 관심을 끌며 연구되기 시작한 소화방법이 미세물분무노즐을 이용한 소화설비이다.(중략)

• Proceedings of the Korea Institute of Fire Science and Engineering Conference
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• 2004.06a
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• pp.89-94
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• 2004