• Fire Science and Engineering
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• v.30 no.6
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• pp.84-91
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• 2016

In case of fire, vertically and intensively loaded rack warehouses are faced with a severe status due to the rapid increase in fires. In this regard, there have been trials to prevent fires from spreading by applying fire extinguishing systems, such as ESFR and In-Rack Sprinklers, vertical and horizontal barriers, etc.; however, it is difficult to calculate and design proper fire extinguishing systems caused by various composition conditions, such as the size and loading density of the rack, types of loading commodities, etc. Therefore, in this study, a standard rack was manufactured, incorporating a rack warehouse in Korea by site investigations, surveys, etc. In addition, a full scale fire test was executed to check the fire characteristics depending on the conditions of the ignition points. As a result, the extracted fire spread speed is expected to be utilized as a reference for performance comparisons of the fire extinguishing systems to be developed and applied in the future.

• Proceedings of the KSR Conference
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• 2007.11a
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• pp.1337-1345
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• 2007

The present study is a basic investigation for systematically proceeding disaster prevention studying the effect of platform screen door in case of fire at the subway station. In the paper, the characteristics of screen door were surveyed and described. The fully closed platform screen door and the island type of subway station were employed for simulation-study. Numerical simulations of fire driven flow at the subway station with platform screen door were performed with commercial fire CFD code. For analyzing of the effect of platform screen door, the fire simulations with and without the platform screen door were compared. For the fire location, the one is located on the platform and the other case on the railway. The Ultrafast model was taken as fire growth scenario. The maximum heat release rate was 10MW. The propagated time of the heat and smoke to stairs was within 4 minute when the fire is located on the platform. However the heat and smoke propagation was block off by screen door when the fire is located on the railway.

• Fire Science and Engineering
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• v.12 no.2
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• pp.3-15
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• 1998

The consequence analysis for jet and flash fire accidents by the continuous release of butane vapor was performed and effects of process variables on consequences were analyzed in standard conditions. For the continuous release (87.8 kg/s) of butane vapor at 8m elevated height in the debutanizing process of the naphtha cracking plant operating at 877 kPa, 346.75 K, we found that for the jet fire accident, shape and size of the flame could be predicted and thermal radiation estimated by API model at 200m distance from release point was 1.5kW/$m^2$, and that for the flash fire accident, effect range was 11.2~120.2m. Also, simulation results showed that effects of operating pressures on consequences were larger than those of operating temperatures and results of accidents were increased with increasing operating pressures. At this time, effects of operating pressures on XUFL were smaller(about 1/10) than those on XLFL for the flash fire accident.

• Fire Science and Engineering
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• v.31 no.4
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• pp.59-64
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• 2017

In the present experimental study, the liquid pool fire extinguishment performance of twin-fluid nozzle was preliminarily examined. For the liquid pool fire, the ethanol of 1200 ml (volume) was prepared, and two kinds of air flow rate conditions (40 l/min and 70 l/min) were tested at the constant water flow rate condition of 632 ml/min. In the present experimental ranges, the fire extinguishment experiments were carried out using the twin-fluid nozzle and its spray characteristics (i.e., SMD (Sauter Mean Diameter) and flow distribution) were investigated. As a result, at the higher air flow rate, the liquid pool fire was extinguished quickly and successfully, which was discussed using the visualization and spray characteristics of twin-fluid nozzle. In addition, through the comparison with some of previous results, it was found that potentially, the twin-fluid nozzle can extinguish the liquid pool fire under the smaller water flow rate condition, as compared with the single-fluid nozzle.

• Fire Science and Engineering
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• v.33 no.1
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• pp.130-137
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• 2019

In this study, the acoustic characteristics of 13 types of emergency broadcasting speakers were tested under the test set-up of UL 2043 and compared. When the sound pressure level of 1 W speakers was compared with speakers with a 15 W output, the SPL of the 15 W speakers was approximately 20 dB higher in some frequency bands. Loudness analysis showed that people can recognize emergency sound from a 15 W speaker twice as loud as the emergency sound from 1 W speakers. The analysis results on the articulation index (room) had an opposite tendency with loudness results, meaning that small speakers can generate clearer sound. Therefore, it is necessary to improve emergency broadcasting speakers to generate louder and clearer sound. Moreover, a performance evaluation standard is needed based on the reasonable and quantitative measurements and evaluations of the acoustic characteristics of the emergency-broadcasting speakers so that a sufficient and clear sound can be generated in various spaces. In addition, it is necessary to establish standards for the clarity of emergency broadcasting in various spaces.

• Journal of Energy Engineering
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• v.4 no.3
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• pp.379-386
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• 1995

0.5 T/D 용량의 슬러리를 이용한 분류층가스화기에서의 인도네시아 탄인 Roto탄을 이용한 가스화 실험을 통하여 개발된 가스화기의 성능과 석탄가스화 특성을 파악하였다. 200 mesh 이하로 분쇄된 미분탄을 62.5%(H2O/coal=0.6)로 물과 혼합된 슬러리를 0.5%의 유도화제와 화재의 20%의 CaO를 화재의 융점강하를 위하여 첨가시켰다. 화재의 융점이 1511$^{\circ}C$에서 130$0^{\circ}C$까지 떨어진 것이 관측되었다. 생성된 슬래그는 Quenching 부위에서 물에 의한 급랭으로 인한 열 충격으로 1~2 cm의 크기로 분쇄되었다. 실험결과 생성된 가스는 CO는 O2/coal의 비가 증가할수록 감소하였고, H2 및 CO2는 증가하는 것으로 관찰되었다. 생성된 가스의 발열량은 천연가스의(10,000 Kcal/Nm3)/약 1/8인 1700~1300 Kcal/Nm3로 측정되었다.

• Fire Science and Engineering
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• v.16 no.3
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• pp.56-60
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• 2002

Recently, with the growth of software for electro-thermal analysis, it has been studied the precise analysis and investigation of cause for the electrical fire using computer simulation on the basis of theory for electro-thermal analysis. But it is very lacking for the precise analysis and investigation of cause for the electrical fire. In this paper, we have simulated the thermal analysis for electrical wire according to the value of current in a overload and a short with the electrical wire of the L's company product(600 V VVF) using the electro-thermal finite element method(Flux2D).

• Proceedings of the Korea Institute of Fire Science and Engineering Conference
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• 2011.11a
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• pp.369-372
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• 2011

본 연구에서는 철도차량의 실물화재에 대한 열방출율을 축소모형으로 예측하기 위해 실험적인 조건들을 연구하였다. 축소모형의 크기는 지하철 전동차의 1/10 스케일을 적용하여 길이 1.89m, 너비 0.295m, 높이 0.235m 이며 15mm의 석고보드를 사용하였다. 축소모형의 실험적 조건으로는 한쪽 면만 개방한 4개의 개구부 환기조건과 3mm, 6mm의 종이내장재를 이용하여 열방출율을 예측하여 보았다.

• Proceedings of the Korea Institute of Fire Science and Engineering Conference
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• 2010.04a
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• pp.75-78
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• 2010

고발포 소화약제의 발포력은 화재시 포소화약제의 성능을 검증하는데에 중요한 요소이다. 이러한 발포력 검증은 한국소방산업기술원의 "포소화약제의 형식승인 및 검정기술기준(KOFEIS 0103)"에서 제시하고 있는 표준발포기를 이용한 측정법을 통해 검증한다. 본 연구에서는 기존 방법의 제작 비용 및 측정의 번거로움을 보완하기 위한 약제 개발단계에서의 포소화약제 발포력 검증을 위한 실험실적인 측정법을 고안하여 적용성을 분석한다. 측정은 1000ml 시험관내에 3%의 수용액 $100m{\ell}$를 첨가하여 수용액 내부에 정량펌프를 통해 일정한 기포량 및 기포크기로 분사하여 발포시켰으며, 기포의 노즐은 거품의 정확도를 향상시키기 위해 마이크로 피펫팁 $0.2m{\ell}$ 용량을 사용하여 적용성을 분석하였다.

• The KSFM Journal of Fluid Machinery
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• v.18 no.1
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• pp.5-10
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• 2015

The "Ondong tunnel" is not used now where is one of the tunnels in the Janghang line which is from Cheonan to Iksan. The length of the tunnel is 214 m. The location of the fire source is center of the tunnel and the pool fire with heptane is for the fire source. Tests are carried out for the various fire sizes, the height and obstructed/open condition of the fire source. Temperature on the top of the tunnel is measured. Even if the fire size is same, the maximum temperature on the ceiling of the tunnel for the elevated fire source is very larger than the maximum for the ground fire source. As the fire size is lager the maximum temperature on the ceiling is higher. These test results can be very useful for design and guidelines of fire detectors in tunnels.