• Fire Science and Engineering
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• v.26 no.5
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• pp.61-66
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• 2012

In restroom on high-rise building, exhaust system comprising the blower and duct is installed to discharge the odor and the water is suppled. Thus the restroom with fire and flame protection system may be used as refuge area in a fire situation. The study presents the smoke-proof system which operates such that the exhaust system to discharge the odor is converted to air supply system and appropriate pressure difference between the restroom and the accommodation is maintained. Also real-scale test facilities of smoke-proof system for refuge space using a restroom are installed on 5-story smoke control test building and experiments for evaluating the operational performance of smoke-proof system are carried out.

• Fire Science and Engineering
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• v.19 no.3 s.59
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• pp.58-63
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• 2005

Experimental measurements of flames and the product properties were performed for small kerosene pool fires. which is widely used as a fire source of laboratory scale experiments with scaling modeling. The flame length and flickering frequency were investigated for the flame structures, and compared with the theory. Three measurement methods were introduced to clarify the smoke characteristics, i.e. various gas concentrations, smoke density and thermophoretic sampling with transmission electron microscopy (TEM). The yield of carbon dioxide and the consumption of oxygen were proportional to the heat release rate of pool fires, but there is no trend on carbon monoxide emission. Smoke density of turbulent flames was exponentially increased with the heat release rate. The morphology of the soot particle was investigated to address the degree of soot maturing. The results show that the similar smoke morphology between an inverse jet flame and a pool fire exists despite of different combustion controlling mechanisms.

• Tunnel and Underground Space
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• v.20 no.2
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• pp.92-96
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• 2010

In this study, experiments were conducted to evaluate the effectiveness of ventilation equipment in underground fires. Two type of Ventilators were used in experiments. Experiments were carried out using ethanol square pool fire. Maximum heat release rate was about 460kW. Visibility and temperature distribution were evaluated according to mechanical ventilation. In blower type ventilation, visibility was increased and temperature was lowered.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Hazard Mitigation
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• v.8 no.4
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• pp.53-59
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• 2008

If fire is occurred in the subway, the train must be moved to the closest station and make passengers get off the train. As a matter of fact, the Fire of Dae-gu Subway was coped with this way. But, the fire smoke extraction system of real subway stations have not designed to deal with fire of trains yet. Therefore, we have to establish a plan of station railroad for preventing from unexpected damage when the fired train comes to the station. The purpose of this study is to establish the effective smoke extraction measure that is to prevent stations from damage by the scale-down experiment.

• Proceedings of the Korea Institute of Fire Science and Engineering Conference
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• 2011.11a
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• pp.514-517
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• 2011

화재감지 및 경보시스템의 설계 목표는 화재발생 초기 단계에서 화재징후를 발견, 피난의 개시를 신속하게 통수하는 것이다. 화재감지기는 다양한 건물 및 환경에 설치되기 때문에 주위 온도 및 가연물의 종류 등 환경적 측면을 심층적으로 고려하지 않으면 적절하게 감지하지 못하는 경우가 발생할 수 있다. 즉, 가연물 종류 등을 고려한 설계에 따라 설치된 화재감지기는 화재시 설계치 대로 조기에 화재를 감지하여 화재 예방 및 화재로 인한 피해를 최소화할 수 있는 것이다. 본 논문은 화재시 조기에 화재를 감지기하여 건축물내 인명피난을 목적으로 설치되는 화재감지기의 응답특성을 분석한 연구이다. 화재감지기의 응답특성을 분석하기 위하여 다양한 가연물을 발생시키고 화재감지기 종류별로 설치한 다음 각 화재감지기의 응답특성을 분석하였다. 그 결과 정온식 열감지기는 열방출률이 적은 화재를 조기에 감지하는 것에 적합하지 않은 것으로 나타났다. 광전식 연기감지기는 회색 계통의 목재류 화재성상에서 응답특성이 떨어졌고, 동일한 공간에서 화원의 수평거리와 동작시간이 비례한다고 볼 수 없었다.

• Fire Science and Engineering
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• v.34 no.1
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• pp.37-46
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• 2020

This is a basic research on potential application of fire detection by measuring fire detection tendency of indoor air quality measurement factors. In this study, operation experiment using smoke detector sensitivity tester and paper fire experiment specified in UL 268 standards were conducted to evaluate the fire detection tendency of indoor air quality measurement factors. Based on the cross-substitution of values measured in the paper fire experiment, PM10 (excluding average) and HCHO (excluding average and maximum) for the indoor air quality meter (IAQ); PM1.0, PM2.5, and PM10 for IAQ S2; and CO (excluding the average and maximum) for combustion gas analyzers showed consistent tendency despite changes in the measured values for smoke generation under all experimental conditions. In particular, PM10 and CO are considered the most applicable fire detection factors among the factors measured in the experiment.

• Proceedings of the Korea Information Processing Society Conference
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• 2012.04a
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• pp.425-428
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• 2012

본 논문에서는 터널 내 유고 상황을 실시간으로 빠르게 감지하여 터널 관리자에게 상황을 전달하여 터널의 안전한 운영에 도움을 줄 수 있는 컴퓨터 비전을 이용한 터널 유고감지 시스템을 제안하였다. 제안한 시스템은 관리자, 서버, 영상 검지기로 구성되며 영상 검지기의 경우 객체를 추출하기 위하여 배경차이법을 사용하였으며, 터널 내에서 발생하는 조명의 변화, 입 출입구의 조명의 영향, 카메라의 프리컬링 잡음의 영향을 최소화하였으며, 터널 내에서 발생할 수 있는 정지물체, 차량 외 통행, 연기, 역주행, 정체 지체의 유고 상황을 감지하는 방법을 개발하였다. 제안한 시스템을 전남 여수의 마래터널 및 엑스포터널, 전북 임실의 운암터널에서 실험한 결과 터널 내에서 발생하는 유고 상황을 감지하였다.

• Fire Science and Engineering
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• v.20 no.4 s.64
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• pp.135-142
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• 2006

The experiment applied Positive Pressure Ventilation to rapidly exhaust heat and smoke inside the construction in the fire was done. Changes of heat discharge and smoke density were measured, with the various blowing condition like a fan tilting angle to find the effect of the parameter. Experimental apparatus were with PPV and water mist system for better efficiency, and investigate the effect of heat discharge and smoke removal. In the experiment, flame temperature has decreased when PPV was applied. Smoke density, generated from fire also decreased dramatically and the efficiency showed the highest rate at $0^{\circ}$ tilting angle. In addition, combination of PPV and water mist system highly improved the efficiency of evacuation on heat and smoke density, clearly was influenced by the tilting angle.

• Fire Science and Engineering
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• v.28 no.2
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• pp.54-63
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• 2014

The purpose of this study is to test the adaptability of the CO sensor as a fire detector by analyzing its sensing characteristics on fire. In order to test the applicability, we designed and made a fire testing ground whose size is similar to that regulated by UL 268, carried out real fire tests suggested by UL 268, and conducted a comparison analysis on the sensing characteristics between the CO sensor and a photoelectric smoke detector by different types of fire source. The experiment result to the sensing characteristics of the CO sensor is about twice to three times faster than that of the photoelectric smoke detector, proceeding with incomplete combustion such as paper and wood fire source in the initial fire. Especially in case of wood smoldering fire, sensing characteristics of the CO sensor is very excellent.

• Journal of Digital Convergence
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• v.10 no.7
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• pp.141-152
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• 2012

The typical evacuation guidance system based on fire detectors, which is being widely used in theaters and large buildings, is often operated in an analog manner. In case of fire, it often causes the system to lose a wired line or wireless fire detection sensor, resulting in the difficulty of transmitting signals from a wired or wireless fire detection sensor to the main fire monitoring device. Accordingly, this paper has proposed the broadcasting system for disaster management, having an efficient evacuation guidance plan when a disaster occurs. The system reacts to an emergency situation along with fire alarm sirens in real time. We have implemented the above system by means of a simulation program that prints the evacuation guidance information (e.g., location and time of fire, and evacuation path) on an LCD located in a building through the fire sensor network in case of an emergency (e.g., actual fire). We have developed the simulation system by using mathematical algorithms, such as the optimal path search and the fire smoke diffusion algorithm. This simulation program considers the structure of a building and the location where the fire has initially occurred, applying it to the simulator.