• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Building Construction Conference
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• 2021.11a
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• pp.54-55
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• 2021

This study compared the fire safety standards for windows of Korea, the U.S. and Japan to prevent fire expansion through exterior wall openings, and conducted experiments using PVC and aluminum window frames, which are widely used in Korea.The experiment is KS F 2845 which combines frames of the same thickness and area with single-window form and 1 hour fire resistance glass with 8T thickness. Experiments showed that the PVC window was about 9 minutes and the aluminum window was about 26 minutes. However, in Korea, there are no test standards for windows installed at the opening of the exterior wall. In addition, fire safety standards for windows shall be established along with the designation of fire prevention zones.

• Journal of Aerospace System Engineering
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• v.5 no.1
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• pp.7-12
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• 2011

The goal of fire prevention research is to eliminate fires as a cause of fatal accidents and there are two main areas of research. One is to prevent flame propagation during in-flight and it addresses fire hazards. The other is to minimize the possibility of flame penetration or fuselage burn-through and it aims toward post-crash survival include crash protection, emergency evacuation and post-evacuation survival. Civil aviation authorities world-wide are trying to identify threats and measure performance for fire prevention. The results of research are standardized and given as general directions of test methods. This paper has prepared to study and present the means of compliance to the fire prevention requirements and applicable test methods.

• Proceedings of the Korea Institute of Fire Science and Engineering Conference
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• 2009.04a
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• pp.139-146
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• 2009

현재 배전반, 소규모 유류저장고 등은 법적 의무 대상 공간이 아니어서 화재시 초기소화 실패로 인해 큰 재산상의 피해를 겪고 있으며, 이러한 소공간 화재에 대응할 수 있는 적합한 소화장치의 제도적 뒷받침이 시급한 실정이다. 현재 소공간용 소화장치에 대한 KFI 인정기준은 제정되어 있는 상태지만 다양한 새로운 기술에 부합하지 못하고 있어 소공간 소화장치에 대한 세분화된 법적기준 마련이 필요한 실정이다. 이에 본 연구에서는 국내외적으로 큰 관심을 받고 있을 뿐만 아니라 현재 KFI 인정기준으로도 제정되어 있는 고체에어로졸 소화장치가 B,C급 배전반, 분전반 등의 소공간 화재에 미칠 수 있는 소화성능을 실험적으로 분석하고 고체에어로졸 소화장치의 소공간화재 적합성 여부를 고찰해보고자 한다.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Manufacturing Process Engineers
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• v.10 no.3
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• pp.60-66
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• 2011

In the present investigation, experimental studies were conducted on the fire suppression performance of twin-fluid water mist spray which is subjected to thermal radiation in a closed space. Downward-directed water-mist sprays, interacting with an under kerosene pool fire, were investigated in a test facility. The mass mean diameter of water-mist droplets were measured by PMAS under various flow conditions. The developed twin-fluid water mit spray nozzle satisfied the criteria of NFPA 750, Class 1. The mechanism of fire suppression by fine water mist was concluded to be the cooling of the fire surface which leads to the suppression of fuel evaporation. It was proved that the automatic twin-fluid water mist spray system under lower pressures could be applied to an industrial facilities.

• Fire Science and Engineering
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• v.32 no.2
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• pp.38-47
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• 2018

In this study, we compare the engineering seismic design method considering the physical properties of piping materials and the specification-oriented design method according to the seismic design standards of fire fighting equipment. In the case of the seismic design method considering the physical properties of piping materials, the safety of the piping will be analyzed through the combined value of the torsional stress and the bending stress generated in the piping. However, in the case of the design-centered design method, instead of the safety of the piping material, it calculates the moving force of the pipe and interprets whether or not the shaking prevention strut can bear. Fire extinguishing equipment piping is possible through safety analysis of stress and displacement of piping material because piping safety can not be secured via unstable force generated in a certain section with one connected structure is there. Therefore, it is necessary to apply analytical method considering seismic performance of building structure and material properties of piping for seismic design of safe fire extinguishing system piping.

• Fire Science and Engineering
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• v.34 no.3
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• pp.141-149
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• 2020

The Korea Industrial Standards (KS) stipulates methods and test procedures for measuring the horizontal combustibility of cellular plastics exposed to small flames (KS M ISO 9772:2018) and recommendations regarding the magnetic digestion of extruded polystyrene insulation (XPS) for measurement results (KS M 3808:2020). Although products that are certified to conform to KS standards must have burning characteristics (self-extinguishing), they are incinerated and spread by welds at construction sites, causing significant human and property damages. In this study, XPS produced by five companies, certified by KS, and sold in the market were purchased and tested for ignition and diffusion caused by a weld bullion at a construction site. The results showed that the five products had differences in performance. Three out of the five products were found to be self-saturated, but the other two were easily ignited and diffused, making it difficult for them to be self-extinguishing. Based on the result of this experimental investigation in line with the KS regulations, all the three types of products, including two types of products that were incinerated through weld defects, were found to be non-self-extinguishing, as specified in KS M 3808.

• Journal of the Korea Institute of Information and Communication Engineering
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• v.23 no.12
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• pp.1742-1745
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• 2019

Hidden flame detection after allegedly extinguishing a fire cannot be emphasized enough. There are a few commercial hidden fire detection equipments which are imported, but the cost is relatively high. In this contribution, we propose a development of a low-cost, high-performance hidden flame detector using open-source hardware/software. We use Raspberry-pi based hardware board equipped with a TFT touch-screen LCD, a 3G modem, and an attachable battery device altogether integrated in a plastic case fabricated with a 3D printer. The proposed hidden flame detector shows the same performance of a commercial product FLIR E5 while consuming less than a half of the cost.

• Fire Science and Engineering
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• v.29 no.2
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• pp.79-83
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• 2015

The fire accident is a representative type of disaster that can largely impact on business. Therefore, precautionary measures and rapid initial response is very important when a disaster occurs. The storage of porous combustibles is inevitable in coal yard, plywood processing industry, and others that are currently operating. Initial fire fighting of fire and identifying the ignition point in such a porous combustible storage space are so difficult that if the initial response is failed, being led to deep-seated fire, surface fire is likely to result in secondary damage. In addition, deep-seated fire can cause personal injuries and property damage due to a large amount of toxic gases and reignition. Therefore damage reduction measures is required around the storage space to handle a porous flammable. Improving the penetration performance of the concentration of the surfactant is carried out as underlying study, which is about an deep-seated fire extinguishing efficiency augmentation when using wetting agents. The porous materials used in the experiments is radiata pine wood flour, which occupies more than 75% of the domestic wood market. Fire fighting water is selected as Butyl Di Glycol (BDG), which is being used for infiltration extinguishing agent, and the experiment was carried out by producing a standard solution. The experiment was carried out on the basis of the Deep-Seated Fire Test of NFPA 18. The amount of watering, porous material to the internal amount of penetration, and runoff measurement out of the porous material was conducted. According to experimental results, as the surface tension is reduced, the surfactant concentration macroscopic penetration rate decreases, but infiltration to a porous material is shown to have growth characteristics.

• Fire Science and Engineering
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• v.29 no.1
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• pp.19-26
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• 2015

This study covers securing legal systems and institutions regarding the standards for installing fire prevention facilities to prevent fire on wooden architectural heritage. Conflicts among relevant laws were revealed and problems related to fire prevention performance, technical standards, responsibilities, etc. in the process of establishing legal fire prevention equipment and the equipment for self-extinguishing were identified through pondering over current legal systems of fire prevention facilities. To resolve the problems, at least the principle to preserve original shapes of wooden architectural heritage should be secured even though fire prevention facilities are installed and the installation process should be regulated by laws considering features of fire on wooden architectural heritage so that fire prevention performance can be guaranteed. The directions to improve installing system through legalization of design, construction, and audit review institutions and legalization of the technical standards for fire prevention facilities were suggested to guarantee performance when establishing fire prevention facilities for wooden architectural heritage.

• Proceedings of the Korea Institute of Fire Science and Engineering Conference
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• 2008.11a
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• pp.7-10
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• 2008

In our study, Monitoring RF System in real-time on leakage of gas cylinder is developed. The system is consisted of Pressure Transmitting part, Main Controller and Operating program. The pressure data of gas cylinder are transmitted to the modem of main controller part by RF module of Pressure Transmitting part and the data received through the modem are recorded in real-time and showed the situation of gas cylinder on the PC monitor. Through the test on the case of the artificial pressure-reduction, the detecting performance. of the developed system is conformed.