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A Numerical Study on Effective Smoke-Control System of a Rescue Station in a Tunnel Fire (터널내 열차 화재시 효과적인 구난역 제연 설비를 위한 수치 해석 연구)

  • Yang, Sung-Jin;Won, Chan-Shik;Hur, Nahm-Keon;Cha, Chul-Hyun
    • 유체기계공업학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 2006.08a
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    • pp.575-578
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    • 2006
  • In designing smoke-control system of rescue station in train tunnel, a purpose is to prevent a disaster by proposing the jet fan operation together with smoke-control curtain in tunnel fire. This study has investigated the relationship of the Heat Release Rate(HRR) and a adequate ventilation velocity to control the fire propagation in tunnel fire, and has improved the effect of the smoke-control curtain on preventing the flow of pollutants. In this study, Computational Fluid Dynamics(CFD) simulations with ST AR-CD(ver 3.24) were carried out on predicting the fire spreading and the flow of pollutants, considering jet fan operations and effect of smoke-control curtain. Our simulation domain is the full scale model of the 'DAEGWALLYEONG' 1st tunnel. The results represent that ventilation operation can control the fire spreading and pollutants effectively to prevent a disaster.

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A Study on the Comparison of Aspirating Smoke Detector and General Smoke Detector Detection Time according to the Fire Speed and Location of Logistics Warehouse through FDS (화재시뮬레이션을 통한 물류창고 화재 속도와 위치에 따른 공기흡입형 감지기와 일반 연기 감지기 감지시간 비교에 관한 연구)

  • SangBum Lee;MinSeok Kim;SeHong Min
    • Journal of the Society of Disaster Information
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    • v.19 no.3
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    • pp.608-623
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    • 2023
  • Purpose: Recently, the number of logistics warehouses has been on the rise. In addition, as the number of such logistics warehouses increases, number of fire accidents also increases every year, increasing the importance of preventing fires in large logistics warehouses. Method: investigated aspirating smoke detectors that are emerging as adaptive fire detectors in logistics warehouses. Then, through fire simulation (FDS), logistics warehouse modeling was conducted to compare and analyze the detection speed of general smoke detectors and aspirating smoke detectors according to four stages of fire growth and three locations of fire in the logistics warehouse. Result: Growth speed in Slow-class fires and Mediumclass fires, the detection speed of aspirating smoke detectors was faster regardless of the location of the fire. However, in Fast-class fires and Ultra-Fast-class fires, it was confirmed that the detection speed of general smoke detectors was faster depending on the location of the fire. Conclusion: It was confirmed that the detection performance of the aspirating smoke detector decreased as the fire growth speed increased and the location of the fire occurred further than the receiver of the aspirating smoke detector. Therefore, even if an aspirating smoke detector is installed in a warehouse that stores combustibles with high fire growth rates, it is judged that an additional smoke detector is attached far away from the receiver of the general smoke detector to increase fire safety.

An Experimental Study on Smoke Spread Using a Reduced-scale Subway Building Model (지하역사 축소모델을 이용한 연기확산에 대한 실험적 연구)

  • Kim, Myung-Bae;Choi, Byung-Il
    • Fire Science and Engineering
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    • v.22 no.2
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    • pp.49-56
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    • 2008
  • Smoke propagation for the Daegu Metro fire is reproduced by a reduced-scale model experiment. The three-story station building was modeled with 1/20-scale, and the tunnel connected to the platform was not completely modeled because of its length. To include the flow resistance the tunnel provides the mesh screens were used in the model. The fire scenario was selected based on the fire growth rate of the metro car seat where the fire initiated. The time when smoke arrived at each compartment in the station building was measured by thermocouples and visualization. Regarding fire ventilation, the air supply that has been accepted as conventional design in a subway metro building intensifies smoke spread. The results show that the whole building was filled with smoke in about 10 minutes in case of no ventilation.

How Visual-Field Obstruction from Fire Smoke Influences a Resident's Necessary Time to Reach Fire Escape and Evacuation Route in a High-rise Apartment Housing (연기발생으로 인한 시야장애가 초고층 공동주택 거주자의 피난계단실 진입시간과 피난경로에 미치는 영향)

  • Seo, Sang-Mok;Choi, Jun-Ho;Hong, Won-Hwa
    • Journal of the Korean housing association
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    • v.19 no.5
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    • pp.103-110
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    • 2008
  • The purpose of this study is to know how visual-field obstruction from fire smoke influences a resident's necessary time to reach fire escape and evacuation movement in a high-rise apartment housing. Generally, fire smoke not only gives visual-field obstruction and breath troubles to residents but interrupts their evacuation behavior. If a fire smoke layer is formed in the core department when evacuee enters at the evacuation staircase until, residents will be made to undergo a range of vision obstacle. In order to set a situation like that, participants wore eye bandage which had been made especially before the experiment. Also as a comparative standard, through no.1442 Japanese construction ministry notices about the building evacuation safety verification method, this study calculated smoke layer's dissent time and evacuation time. Then to compare with the former, the participants without an eye bandage joined a experiment once again. This study has understood how fire smoke effects on one's evacuation delay by analyzing residents' evacuation time to reach the staircase and movement route, however, in this study a toxic gas is not considered because it might threaten participants not to breathe.

The Influence on the Stack Effect with the Opening of Smoke Ventilators in High-rise Buildings (초고층 건축물에서 배연창 개방이 연돌효과에 미치는 영향)

  • Lim, Chae-Hyun;Kim, Bum-Gyue;Yeo, Yong-Ju;Park, Yong-Hwan
    • Proceedings of the Korea Institute of Fire Science and Engineering Conference
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    • 2008.04a
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    • pp.209-213
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    • 2008
  • The effects on the performance of natural smoke exhaust ventilators installed in high-rise buildings were analyzed depending on the wind velocities and smoke temperatures using CONTAMW tool. The results showed that the smoke exhaust ventilators can maintain given performances in such conditions as low smoke temperatures and low wind velocities. However, high smoke temperatures and high wind velocities can prevent the smoke ventilators to exhaust smokes from the fire room. Significant changes in stack effects in high-rise buildings can also occur with the opening of smoke ventilators in the fire floor.

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Experiments of Smoke Behavior in an Underground Subway Station (지하역사에서의 화재연기거동 실험)

  • Kim, Dong-Hyeon;Jang, Yong-Jun;Park, Won-Hee
    • Journal of the Korean Society for Railway
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    • v.10 no.1 s.38
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    • pp.67-73
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    • 2007
  • Experiments were carried out to investigate smoke movement in platform of a subway station which currently is in service in Pusan, the second largest city in Korea. The recently constructed underground station of the "bank type" (two platforms on both sides of track) which is the popular layout of platforms in Korea, is chosen in Pusan. The smoke generator and heater are used for simulating the smoke movement at the fire break in the platform located in the 2nd basement of the station. Video recordings were used to monitor smoke lowering. In this study, the movements of smoke in the underground station are investigated under various smoke-control operating modes. Three tests wire conducted according to its operating mode of the ventilation systems in the platform: no operation of any ventilation systems, smoke extraction mode in occurrence of fire (presently running mode) and full capacity of smoke extraction where all vents are activated in the platform. The results can be used for comparing with the numerical prediction results of fire subway stations.

A Numerical Study for the Operation of Partial Smoke Extraction System in Tunnel Fire (터널화재시 부분배연설비의 운영방안을 위한 수치해석적 연구)

  • Yoo, Yong-Ho;Lee, Eui-Ju;Shin, Hyun-Jun;Shin, Han-Chol
    • Fire Science and Engineering
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    • v.20 no.2 s.62
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    • pp.72-79
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    • 2006
  • The objective of this study is to analyze the smoke extraction efficiency using by the partial extraction system with CFD simulation for case of tunnel fire. The Comparison of CFD results with the preceding scaled model test results, it is equal to the smoke extraction efficiency and smoke stratification in tunnel by the partial smoke extraction system (distributed damper). It shows that the smoke extraction efficiency is increased about 7% by the distributed damper which is opened near fire, compare with the distributed damper which is all opened. The case of the fire occurs on a traffic jam in a tunnel, it is proposed that the operating method of partial smoke extraction system for the escaping passengers.

A Study of Heat St Smoke Evacuation Characteristics by the Changing of Operational Method of Tunnel Fan Shaft Ventilation System for Fire on Subway Train Vehicle (지하철 화재시 본선터널 환기시스템에 따른 열 및 연기배출특성)

  • 이동호;유지오
    • Fire Science and Engineering
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    • v.17 no.2
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    • pp.62-69
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    • 2003
  • The smoke control system in subway platform is not only using for smoke exhaust facility but also using ventilation system. For this reason, smoke vent effectiveness is depending on its position, ventilating volume capacity and the vent method. In this study, the passenger's evacuation time was calculated for the case of fire on sloped subway train vehicle in subway platform. In order to recommend the mechanical smoke exhaust operation mode, SES (Subway Environmental Simulation) was used to predict the airflow of the inlet and outlet tunnel for the subway station. Fire dynamics Simulator(FDS) was used the SES's velocity boundary conditions to calculate the smoke density and temperature under the condition of fire on stopped subway train vehicle at the platform. We compared smoke density and temperature distributions for each 6 types of smoke exhaust systems to clarify the characteristics of smoke and hot air exhaust effectiveness from the result of fire simulation.

Smoke Control Experiment of a Very Deep Underground Station Where Platform Screens Doors are Installed - Analysis on Smoke Control Performance by Fans equipped in Tunnel (스크린도어가 설치된 대심도 지하역사의 제연 실험 - 터널 송풍기에 의한 제연의 효과 분석)

  • Park, Won-Hee;Kim, Chang-Yong;Cho, Youngmin
    • Asia-pacific Journal of Multimedia Services Convergent with Art, Humanities, and Sociology
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    • v.9 no.9
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    • pp.721-736
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    • 2019
  • In this paper, the behavior of the fire smoke due to the operation of the ventilation systems when the fire occurred in the underground station (6 basement floors) and the tunnel at the great depth was measured. Fire smoke was generated by using a smoke generator which realized heat buoyancy effect by using hot air blower. The two locations of the fire were selected on the platform and on the platform of the tunnel located outside the screen door. A ventilation mode is generally used in which smoke is exhausted through a vent hole provided in a platform when a platform fire occurs. The tests were performed by operating the exhaust through the ventilation holes of the tunnel part located at both ends of the platform. The smoke density and the wind speed/velocity were measured at various positions, and the videos were taken to analyze the movement and smoke of the smoke. In both cases for fire inside the platform and in the railway tunnel, due to the ventilation mode operation of the fan for the platform and the exhaust of the fans in the tunnel smoke were well exhausted and the smoke propagation to the area near the smoke zone was suppressed. The smoke-control mode, which is applied to both fans for the platform and fans for in the tunnel at both ends of the platform, can provide a safer evacuation environment to the passengers from the fire smoke when the platform fire or fire train stops.

An Experimental Study on the Pressure Differentials during the Pressurized Air Supply to the Elevator Lobby (부속실 급기가압제연시 차압변화에 관한 실험적 연구)

  • Kim, Bum-Kyu;Park, Yong-Hwan;Kim, Hong-Sik
    • Proceedings of the Korea Institute of Fire Science and Engineering Conference
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    • 2009.04a
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    • pp.110-119
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    • 2009
  • A fire should be accompanied by the heat and smoke. However, smoke is considered main cause of heavy casualties. Smoke easily spreads away from the fire area to remote space and cause mortal wound for the resident. A technical way effectively protecting the life and property from the smoke is the smoke control system of the building. Pressurized air supply system can be considered to prevent the refuge area from the smoke infiltration that evacuate residents via evacuation route for life safety. This paper is related with performance estimation and the effectiveness of the pressurized air supply system through experiments.

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