• Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers B
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• v.35 no.6
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• pp.625-632
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• 2011

The ignition characteristics of a $CH_4$/hot air counterflow diffusion flame were investigated numerically using a flame-controlling continuation method. For the chemical reactions, the GRI-v1.2 reaction mechanism was used in the simulation. The maximum flame temperature was presented in the space of the inverse global strain rate, and showed S-curve-type behavior. The flame temperatures and velocities of the upper and middle branches were compared for different global strain rates. In addition, the global strain rate was compared with the local strain rates defined at the flame surface and the boundaries of the fuel and oxidizer sides of the fuel/air mixing layer. These local strain rates correlated well with the global strain rate.

• Proceedings of the Korea Institute of Fire Science and Engineering Conference
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• 2012.04a
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• pp.58-61
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• 2012

엔진나셀 화재를 둔각물체에서 분사된 연료제트 화염으로 모사하여 화염안정화 및 소화특성을 조사하기 위해 실험과 수치해석을 수행하였다. 연료제트는 공기유동에 동측류인 경우와 대향류인 경우에 사각의 둔각물체에서 분사하였고, 소화약제는 이산화탄소와 질소를 사용하여 공기유동에 희석시켜주었으며 연료로는 메탄을 사용하였다. 본 실험의 결과를 해석하고 보충하기 위하여 LES(Large Eddy Simulation)을 기반으로 하는 FDS(Fire Dynamics Simulator)를 이용하여 비반응 유동장에서의 혼합특성과 둔각물체 후류의 유동특성을 살펴보았다.

• Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers B
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• v.33 no.7
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• pp.535-540
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• 2009

Experiments are conducted to elucidate effects of counterflow burner diameter on flame extinction behaviors in C-curve. Present experimental results with burner diameters of 18, 26, and 50 mm in normal-gravity are compared with the numerical result of Oppdif code as well as the previous experimental results in micro-gravity. The turning point migrates to a higher global strain rate as burner diameter decreases. It is shown that the C-curve with the burner diameter of 50mm is best-fitted to the numerical result of Oppdif code and the previous micro-gravity results also excurse to the numerical result. This suggests that the precise C-curve can be obtained only with an appreciably large burner. The main reason why these differences appear is shown to be attributed to the transition of shrinking flame disk to flame hole due to strong effects of radial conduction heat loss, which is the typical extinction characteristics of low strain rate flames with a finite burner diameter in a counterflow diffusion flame.

• Fire Science and Engineering
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• v.16 no.4
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• pp.33-43
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• 2002

To analyze the effect of fire plume on the characteristics of air flow and $CO_2$, extinguishant transfer when extinguishant is injected into a closed space similar to a marine engine room with fire plume, a numerical simulation on a space was performed. Flow fields and $CO_2$, concentration fields are calculated according with the variation of the location of nozzles. In all cases excepting the case of all nozzles located in the right side of ceiling, an counterclockwise & clockwise recirculation flow was found in the region of the right and left side of the nozzle on the second floor and such a recirculation flow greatly affected mass transfer and the diffusion process of $CO_2$, extinguishant. In the region of the first floor with fire plume, the diffusion process of $CO_2$, extinguishant was in agreement with the extension process of recirculation flow. It is considered that the result of this study can be useful to designing the arrangement of nozzles for the $CO_2$ fire fighting equipments in a marine engine room.

• 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 Korea Institute of Fire Science and Engineering Conference
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• 2008.04a
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• pp.148-150
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• 2008

Halon gas agent has been widely used as the extinguishing agent for B class and C class fires because of its excellent extinguishing power. But Halon was found to contribute to the ozone layer destruction, eventually Halon designated as one of ozone-layer-destroying materials in the Montreal Protocol in 1987, In this study, in the context of such researches, we measured the characteristics of flame concentrations of inert gaseous agents by Cup-burner method.

• Fire Science and Engineering
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• v.17 no.4
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• pp.28-35
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• 2003

To analyze the transfer characteristics of $CO_2$ extinguishant when extinguishant is injected into a closed space similar to a marine engine room, a numerical simulation was performed. Flow and Concentration fields are calculated according with the variation of the fire plume,s location. The results show that tile variation of fire plumes, location greatly effected on the flow patterns and the characteristics of $CO_2$ extinguishant transfer. In case of the fire plume located at left region of the 2nd floor center in the engine room consisted of first and second floor, The effects similar to the air curtain is found and cut off the mass transfer. In the characteristics with hight, the iso-concentration line below the extinguishable limit is formed in the left region of the 1st and 2nd floor center after the $CO_2$ extinguishant is completely injected. therefore I think that the results of this study are considered to arrange the $CO_2$ injection nozzles for the $CO_2$ fire fighting equipments.

• Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers B
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• v.36 no.12
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• pp.1193-1199
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• 2012

A cup burner experiment was performed to investigate the effect of the oxidizer velocity and concentration on flame instability near extinction. Heptane was used as a fuel and air diluted by nitrogen and carbon dioxide was used in the oxidizer stream. Two types of flame instabilities at the flame base and at axial downstream were observed near extinction. The instability at the flame base could be characterized by cell, swing, and rotation modes, and the cell mode changed to the rotation mode through the swing mode as the oxidizer velocity increased. To assess the parameters for the flame instability, the initial mixture strengths, Lewis number, and adiabatic flame temperature were investigated under each condition. The Lewis number might be the most important among them, but it is impossible to generalize because of the insufficient number of cases. Furthermore, the axial periodic flickering motion disappeared at low and high oxidizer velocities near extinction. This resulted from the fact that low oxidizer velocity induced evaporated fuel velocity below the critical velocity and high velocity made the reacting fuel velocity comparable.

• Journal of Korea Ship Safrty Technology Authority
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• s.29
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• pp.16-25
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• 2010

선박화재는 육상과 달리 숙련된 인원과 다양한 장비에 의한 소화활동이 곤란하며 거의 자체적인 진화작업을 수행해야하므로 소화가 쉽지 않다. 화재는 일반적으로 화염에 의한 인명사고 보다 매연에 의한 질식사의 확률이 높으므로 인명사고를 방지하기 위해서는 신속한 초기 진화가 가장 중요하다. 하지만 여러 가지 이유로 부득이 소화가 지연되거나 불가능할 경우에는 화재 구역으로부터 신속한 탈출만이 인명사고를 방지할 수 있다. 이 연구에서는 CFD기법을 이용한 시뮬레이션을 통하여 선박화재시 탈출에 지장이 되는 매연농도를 측정하고 피난시간과 비교하여 적절한 피난이 가능한지에 대한 안전성을 검토하고자 한다.

• 한국방재학회:학술대회논문집
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• 2011.02a
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• pp.63-63
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• 2011

화재란 사람의 의도에 반하거나 고의에 의해 발생하는 연소현상으로서 소화시설 등을 사용하여 소화할 필요가 있는 것을 말한다. 사람의 의도에 반한다고 하는 것은 과실에 의한 화재를 의미하며 화기취급 중 발생하는 실화뿐만 아니라 부작위에 의한 자연발화도 포함하며, 고의에 의한다고 하는 것은 일정한 대상에 대하여 피해발생을 목적으로 화재발생을 유도하였거나 직접 방화한 경우를 말한다. 연소현상이라 함은 가연성 물질이 산소와 결합하여 열과 빛을 내며 급속히 산화되어 형질이 변경되는 화학반응을 말한다. 소화시설 등을 사용하여 소화할 필요가 있다는 것은 화재란 연소현상으로서 소화의 필요성이 있어야 하며 소화의 필요성의 정도는 소화시설이나 그와 유사한 정도의 시설을 사용할 수준 이상이어야 한다. 화재원인조사란 발화부를 판단하고 화재에 이르게 된 발화원을 규명하며, 발화부로부터 연소확대된 경과를 조사하는 일련의 행위로서 화재원인조사시 가장 중요한 사항은 발화부 판단인 바, 이는 화재원인이 발화부에만 존재하기 때문이다. 최근에는 다양한 소재의 사용으로 인해 일단 화재로 진행될 경우 인명 및 재산상 피해가 증가하게 되어 있으며, 이로 인해 화재조사시 화학, 물리, 전기, 건축, 기계, 소방 등 다양한 지식과 화재현장에 대한 이해가 요구된다. 화재현장 조사시 발화부 판단의 과학적 접근은 매우 중요한 것으로서, 화재원인의 명쾌한 규명으로 책임한계 구분은 물론, 유사사고의 재발방지를 위한 연구가 필요하다. 본 연구에서는 기 발생한 화재사례에서 얻은 화재패턴을 분석하여 얻은 자료를 통해 발화부를 판단할 수 있는 조사방법을 다음과 같이 제시하였다. 1) 화재시 열전달과 화염확산 과정에서 건축구조물, 내장재, 집적물 및 각종 설치물의 구조, 재질 등에 따라 다양한 화재패턴을 형성하게 됨을 알 수 있다. 2) 화재패턴의 종류로는 화재플럼에 의한 삼각형, 주상, V, U 패턴 등이 있으며, 연소 생성물인 화염, 연기, 열 등에 의해 다양한 형태를 보임을 알 수 있다. 3) 위와 같은 결과를 종합하여 연소의 상승성, 불꽃 및 연기 흔적, 열에 의한 흔적 등에 의해 연소의 방향성을 알 수 있다. 4) 결국 화재현장에서 명확한 화재원인을 규명하기 위해서는 화재패턴에 의해 연소확대과정을 역으로 추적하여 발화부를 결정한 다음, 발화부내에서 화재원인을 찾아내야 할 것이다.